Alterations between Mexican and American soldiers at the border are not new: they are 18 years old in four years

"If necessary, the Minister of Foreign Affairs would send a note explaining how the facts had unfolded and, in the event of an offense, we would make the necessary apologies"added López Obrador.

The day before, the Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard He described the altercation between Mexican and American soldiers as something "very common".

"In this badennium we have recorded this incident, but in the last four years they are like 18 (similar events)"said the head of the SRE.

According to the manager, all the incidents were minor and did not require more intervention than a communication between the appropriate instances.

Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretary of the Interior, explained that the wide border between Mexico and the United States has sections in which there is no fence.

"The line of demarcation between our country and the United States, as well as with Guatemala, is sometimes very imperceptible"he said.

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"Mexican soldiers recently took out their weapons in front of the National Guard soldiers, probably as a means of diversion for drug traffickers on the border", said the president.

In this regard, the Mexican Foreign Minister stressed that Mexico would not respond digitally to Trump's accusations.

"I do not have reports on US territory but the situation we have at the border is the usual but note that no, we do not do tweets diplomacy", said about the message of the US president and the announcement of the armed army on the border.

The incident occurred on April 13 and was reported for the first time by Newsweek, who noted that one of the Mexican soldiers had removed the service weapon from the American's hip holster and the had thrown into the vehicle.

The North Command statement sent to the Associated Press on Tuesday indicated that, according to the Ministry of Defense and CBP investigation, the Mexican army thought it was in Mexican territory at the time of the confrontation. The incident occurred on US territory located south of the border fence, but north of the border.

"After a brief discussion between the soldiers of both countries, the Mexican army has left the region"explained North Command. "Immediately, US soldiers contacted the CPB, who responded as quickly as possible.

Throughout the incident, US soldiers adhered to established procedures and protocols. He added that an investigation had already begun. The presence of US troops at the border is due to measures taken by the government of President Donald Trump to reduce the number of illegal border crossings.

Ebrard said that they were aware of the incident a few days ago, just like US commanders. but they did not give it much importance, until Wednesday when the international media echoed Trump's tweet.