Armed Forces

President López Obrador ordered the Defense Ministry to launch an investigation

On April 30, Juan Guaidó announced Operation Freedom, an uprising against the Maduro regime, which has turned violent

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Mexico has already suffered the consequences of a lack of control over those who abandon the army

The President-elect said that the resources to hire these 50,000 elements will come from the savings made after fighting corruption and from his austerity plan

It was announced that AMLO's administration is planning to call for 50,000 young people to join the army, marine forces, and the federal police

The President reacts to the facts in an instinctive fashion, without a clear strategy

Mexico's defense secretary said yesterday at a year-end meeting that the army's presence was supposed to be temporary and that the Armed Forces are not required by the constitution to carry out civilian law enforcement activities.

1,267 soldiers currently in prison as a result of military court proceedings; zero as a result civil justice proceedings