Mexico scrambles to slow migrants as Trump tariffs loom

WASHINGTON - Mexico scrambled Thursday to slow the flow of Central American migrants to the United States, as talks continued in Washington to head off US President Donald Trump's threat of potentially catastrophic tariffs on Mexican goods.

Mexico City was deploying 6,000 National Guard troops to its southern border with Guatemala, blocked hundreds of migrants in a new caravan and froze the bank accounts of suspected human traffickers in hopes of appeasing Washington's demands.

But the White House said on Thursday that it's still planning to impose tariffs on all Mexican imports Monday.