White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said early Friday morning deportation flights had begun, marking the first deportation flights using military aircraft since President Dwight Eisenhower was in office, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed U.S. official.

Donald Trump's administration has launched what it calls 'the largest massive deportation operation in history', dismantling key migration programmes and triggering diplomatic tensions across Latin America.

Mexico reportedly denied access to land for a U.S. military plane that was slated to return deportees to the country, according to reports.

Tensions escalate as Mexico denies landing clearance for a U.S. military plane carrying deported migrants, disrupting a key piece of Trump’s immigration str

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY – Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a US military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a US official and a Mexican official told Reuters. The US military carried out two similar flights, each with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala o n Jan 24.

If realized, this expansion would be a historic milestone in Mesoamerican connectivity, opening new doors for tourism, trade, and cross-border collaboration.

An official said it was the first time in recent memory that American military aircraft were being used to fly migrants out of the US.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico has received non-Mexican migrants from the United States in the past week, and Central American nations could also reach similar agreements with the U.S. to accept deportees from other countries, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

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