US, Mexico conduct security exercises near border

US and Mexican armed forces on Thursday performed exercises along the border near the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. The area is also where the Juarez Cartel operates, which Washington last month deemed a terrorist organization, adding it to a blacklist with others such as the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

The security demonstration was done by US Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while the Mexican forces involved military personnel and National Guard members. Numerous police and military vehicles from both countries traveled along the Rio Grande, a natural border closely monitored by the US.