Washington, February 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to send troops to Mexico during a phone conversation with President Enrique Pena Nieto last week.  While the White House is denying the version, according to an excerpt of the transcript of last Friday's conversation seen by the Associated Press, Trump told Nieto the troops would be sent to stop the "bad hombres down there" unless Mexico deals with them itself. 

Trump was quoted by AP as saying: “You aren't doing enough to stop them.  I think your military is scared.  Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it."   A similar report was published by a Mexican website, Aristegui Noticias, earlier this week. 

In a Wednesday statement, Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs rejected the reports as being "based on absolute falsehoods" and stressed that the conversation was constructive. 

According to official statements issued by Mexico and the U.S., Nieto and Trump agreed to meet in the future during the phone call that came after the cancellation of a previously scheduled meeting over Trump's proposed wall on the border with Mexico.