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The purpose of this document is to analyze the relations between the government of Mexico and the Apaches, one of the nomadic tribes inhabiting Northern Mexico, with the tools and from the perspective of foreign policy. My hypothesis is that, although Mexico´s policy towards the Apaches was never international neither in its object (as the Apaches were never treated as an independent nation) nor in its approach (Apache policy in Mexico was designed and implemented mainly by local and state authorities), its object was clearly, albeit indirectly, international: the consolidation of Mexican control over its border with the United States.