NBC News reports:
Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S. defense officials and a third person familiar with the situation.
Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, the sources said. The third flight, slotted for Mexico, never took off.
It was not immediately clear why Mexico blocked the flight, but tensions between the U.S. and Mexico, neighbors and longtime allies, have risen since President Donald Trump won the November election. Trump has threatened to slap 25% across-the-board tariffs on Mexico in retaliation for migrants crossing the border the countries share.
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Latest: Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S defense officials. https://t.co/2vLwg0MKFw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 24, 2025
When speaking to experts in Latin America, I’ve been told that the use of military planes by the United States could be seen as an insult. And now it seems they were right; Mexico’s president just refused to take a deportation flight from the US for the first time in years. pic.twitter.com/JJm8NEYBGu
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) January 24, 2025