"Mexican military personnel questioned U.S. Army soldiers who were conducting border support operations near the southwest border in the vicinity of Clint, Texas," US Northern Command told CNN in a statement.
"The US soldiers were in US territory" during the encounter, the statement added.
Mexican soldiers pointed their weapons at US troops, removing an American soldier's sidearm, the officials said.
Officials said that the US soldiers allowed the weapon to be taken "in an attempt to de-escalate a potential volatile situation."
"Throughout the incident, the US soldiers followed all established procedures and protocols," Northern Command said.
One of the U.S. troops spoke Spanish and explained they were in the United States of America.
The Mexican military personnel allegedly thought the U.S. troops were in Mexico, because the border has no wall.
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