Mexico president mocks Abbott’s planned military base camp along Texas border: ‘Put as many as you need’

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday reportedly mocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s planned base for housing National Guard troops along the border. 

“It’s like the governor of Texas who put a military camp on the border. Put as many as you want! Supposedly, this is how he is going to stop the migrants. Pure politicking! It is not serious,” López Obrador stated throughout his morning press convention, in line with Proceso. 

His remark got here in response to Abbott’s announcement on Friday that Texas will construct an operations base for as much as 1,800 National Guard members in Eagle Pass, increasing the presence of troopers within the border metropolis the place the state has clashed with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement.

The 80-acre property along the Rio Grande will open a brief distance from Shelby Park, the riverfront space the place Texas National Guard members put in miles of razor wire and commenced denying entry to U.S. Border Patrol brokers.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.  (Getty Images)

“This will increase the ability for a larger number of Texas military department personnel in Eagle Pass to operate more effectively and more efficiently,” Abbott stated.

Abbott stated the camp will enhance dwelling circumstances for troopers who’re deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, a problem that troubled the Guard’s mission throughout the early months of Operation Lone Star. The camp will likely be constructed in phases of 300 beds each 30 days with the primary part anticipated to be accomplished by April, Maj. General Suelzer, the top of the Texas Military Department, stated. The advanced will embrace three command posts, weapons storage rooms and a helicopter pad, he stated.

Texas National Guard patrolled the Rio Grande close to Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Texas will construct an operations base for as much as 1,800 National Guard members in Eagle Pass, increasing the presence of troopers within the border metropolis.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Texas officers proceed to grab management of Shelby Park, north of the campgrounds, as a part of Abbott’s increasing border mission. The mayor of Eagle Pass stated the transfer at first of January caught the town off guard and questioned the timing, on condition that crossings have fallen in latest weeks.

A guardsman checks a car on the gate for Shelby Park, which troops from the Texas National Guard seized and commenced turning away federal immigration authorities, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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The U.S. Justice Department final month requested the Supreme Court to order Texas to permit Border Patrol brokers again into park. The Biden administration says Border Patrol brokers use the park to observe the river and to launch boats into the Rio Grande.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.