Armed Mexican Troops Question American Soldiers on US Side of Border

Armed Mexican Troops Question American Soldiers on US Side of Border
Two US soldiers were questioned by Mexican troops earlier this month while conducting a surveillance operation on the US side of the southern border, two US defense officials tell CNN, on April 19, 2019.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Two U.S. soldiers were questioned by Mexican troops earlier this month while conducting a surveillance operation on the U.S . side of the southern border, two U.S. defense officials told CNN.

“On April 13, 2019, at approximately 2 p.m. CDT, five to six Mexican military personnel questioned two U.S. Army soldiers who were conducting border support operations in an unmarked (Customs and Border Protection) vehicle near the southwest border in the vicinity of Clint, Texas,” U.S. Northern Command told CNN in a statement.