The United States is moving armored vehicles to the border with Mexico

The United States is deploying fifty M1126 Stryker armored vehicles to Texas to reinforce troops on the southern border.

Department of Defense Visual Information Dissemination Service (DVIDS) released the footage of the equipment being loaded.

On April 5, the U.S. Army deployed about 50 Stryker armored personnel carriers to Fort Bliss, Texas, to reinforce the 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Stryker, 4th Infantry Division.

In addition to the Strykers, the cargo platforms of the echelon also include loaded JLTV tactical armored vehicles and other logistics equipment of the US Army.

According to the Northern Command order, the armored unit will provide support to the Joint Task Force (JTF-SB), which is sealing the southern border and countering illegal border crossings.

Units of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team began deploying to the border with Mexico in early March by order of the US President. They were joined by engineering, reconnaissance, and communications units.

In addition, 500 marines were deployed in January to cover the border service, using V-22 Osprey convertible aircraft from the US Marine Corps. In total, the Pentagon officially planned to deploy up to 1,500 troops in the border areas.

The deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border may be hiding something more than a local patrol operation. Recently, NBC News reported that the Trump administration is considering the possibility of a military operation in Mexico.

The US government has been studying the potential for drone strikes against cartels in Mexico as part of the fight against drug trafficking across the southern border of the United States.

The US military and the CIA have already stepped up reconnaissance flights over Mexico in an effort to track the activities of major cartels. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the flights of US reconnaissance drones over Mexico with the parties’ consent.

Units of the U.S. 10th Mountain Division, which were deployed to strengthen border security earlier this year, have deployed AN/TPQ-53 and AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radars to monitor the activity of small drones used by drug cartels.

Drones remain one of the key issues at the border, as cartels use them to provide reconnaissance and drug trafficking across the border. In addition, Mexican illegal paramilitary groups have been using kamikaze drones in internal conflicts for years.