Signboards should have been planted in Texas, Pentagon mistakenly appropriated a Mexican beach

Pentagon contractors mistakenly crossed the border and planted warning signs on Mexico's Playa Bagdad beach, which they declared a "restricted area" under U.S. control. The Telegraph reported on this unusual event.

The group was to place "National Defense Area III" signs to deter illegal migrants. While working, they believed they were in Texas, but found themselves nearly twenty miles south of the border, which they only realized after the Mexican Navy intervened.

The Pentagon claims that changes in topography and water levels were to blame for the mistake. It noted that going forward they would "coordinate with the appropriate agencies to avoid future misunderstandings."

The incident sparked a response from Mexican authorities, who contacted the U.S. Embassy and began consultations on the exact demarcation of the border. In the background of the incident resonates the tensions caused by US President Donald Trump's proposals for military intervention against Mexican drug cartels.

President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected the possibility of US intervention. Trump responded by saying that he would be "fine with" such an intervention.

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