Trump deploys National Guard to US-Mexico border Friday night

By Anna Giaritelli

Published April 7, 2018 3:07am ET

Trump deploys National Guard to US-Mexico border Friday night — A soldier stands guard on the top of a hill as faithful commemorate Good Friday during Holy Week in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, April 10, 2009. Drug violence has spiked since President Felipe Calderon began a national crackdown on organized crime in 2006. Battles among cartels, their rivals and soldiers have led to nearly 9,000 deaths and a cross-border crime spillover. | (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Updated at 11:34 p.m.

The Trump administration deployed approximately 500 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border late Friday, the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security announced after 10 p.m. ET Friday.

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