Mexico raised sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to carry out mass deportations.

As many as 1,500 troops along with other resources and assets began moving to the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday for a deployment that includes the use of military aircraft to conduct deportation flights and support for construction efforts to extend the wall that separates the two countries.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday that he will declare a state of emergency over the guerrilla attacks in the northeast that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes.

Authorities were investigating a fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and Air Force veteran that also left a suspect dead and another injured on a Vermont highway near Canada, authorities said.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence Monday that he wants to have the Panama Canal back under U.S. control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.S. military intervention.

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered defense officials to come up with a security plan that could include deploying more troops and drones and building up more barriers, such as the border wall.

The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.

An armed gang opened fire on an armored U.S. Embassy van in Port-au-Prince on Monday, wounding an employee.

Colombian president Gustavo Petro warned on Monday that his nation’s military will take offensive actions against the National Liberation Army after the rebels, known as the ELN, unleashed a wave of attacks in the country’s northeast that left dozens of people killed and forced thousands to flee their homes.

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) on Monday began its final deployment after more than 35 years in service.