Mexico has welcomed a planeload of medical ventilators from the US to help treat Covid-19 patients, says Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
The 211 machines were purchased from a US firm following an informal agreement between the neighbouring nations' leaders in mid-April.
Last week, several hospitals in Mexico City said they were turning patients away because of a lack of equipment.
President Trump has previously called the US "the king of ventilators".
In early April, President Trump said that the US would have 110,000 ventilators by the end of June.
He also said at the time that some of the machines could go to countries that were "desperate" for the machines.
What is a ventilator?
A ventilator is a machine that helps a person breathe by getting oxygen into the lungs and removing carbon dioxide
Ventilators can be used to help a person breathe if they have lung disease or another condition that makes breathing difficult. They can also be used during and post-surgery
A tube, connected to a ventilator machine, is placed in a person's mouth, nose or through a small cut in the throat (called a tracheostomy)
According to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mr Trump agreed to sell Mexico 1,000 ventilators, with the option to buy more, when they spoke on the phone in April.
Tuesday's shipment came from Hamilton Medical and each ventilator was purchased for between $16,000 and $24,000 (£13,000 to £19,000), according to Mr Ebrard.
Mr Ebrard welcomed the shipment, saying that "during times of adversity, you know who your friends are".
He added that there would be "at least six flights" from the US to deliver further equipment.
President López Obrador said in his daily news conference that he planned to visit the US in July to thank President Trump "for the help we received in confronting the pandemic".
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