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Ten thousand Mexican troops have been deployed to the US border to stop the production and export of the deadly drug, fentanyl. The Mexican president is stepping up the crackdown, in response to Donald Trump's threat of crippling tariffs, if the border isn't made more secure. On tonight's episode of Foreign Correspondent, the ABC visits one border town where American armoured vehicles are keeping watch.

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00:00Much of the territory between the U.S. and Mexico is fenced.
00:09But with the border stretching over 3,000 kilometers,
00:14from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico,
00:17there are gaps.
00:24So this is the wall that we've seen throughout town.
00:28It's tall, hard to climb. There's barbed wire.
00:32But then in this particular spot where we are on the border,
00:36it suddenly drops down to this.
00:39And as you can see, we're the only ones here for miles around.
00:46People and drugs have often been smuggled across blind spots in the border.
00:53Now, they're watched by armored U.S. military striker vehicles.
00:58With state-of-the-art surveillance equipment,
01:01they can detect the slightest movement.
01:09It takes only minutes for U.S. troops to arrive.
01:16I think they're scoping us out in the same way we're scoping them out.
01:19It's good.
01:24Good afternoon.
01:25Good afternoon.
01:26Good afternoon.
01:27These are the periodists that come from Australia.
01:28Okay.
01:29Okay.
01:30Okay.
01:31Don't worry.
01:32Okay.
01:37Wow.
01:38How does it feel for you?
01:41This is your country.
01:42This is your town.
01:43To see military men literally on the border.
01:47It's good.
01:48It's good.
01:49Because people who are dedicated to the drug trafficking,
01:53to undocumented,
01:54to the undocumented transport,
01:56they stop,
01:57they stop,
01:58they see this kind of situation,
02:00by the authorities on the other side.
02:03So that we don't have to carry out this level.
02:04It's a kind of situation where I'm trapped.
02:05So I don't have to carry out this weapon in the whole world.
02:06It's a very specific way.
02:08Keep it up.
02:09Thank you very much.
02:10Thank you very much.
02:11So...
02:12I'm gonna put in my place.
02:13Let me put in that train.
02:14You can use my train.
02:15I'm going to bring in that train.
02:16You can use me.
02:17Let me put in my train.
02:18You can do the train.
02:20I'm gonna go.
02:21Very nice.
02:22I'm gonna take the train.
02:23You can use it again.
02:24So I'm going to take away the train.
02:26I'm gonna go.
02:27I'm going to walk.
02:28I'm going to walk.
02:29I'm going to go.

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