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The Mexican Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de México) are the military forces of the United Mexican States. The Spanish crown established a standing military in colonial Mexico in the eighteenth century. [5] After Mexican independence in 1821, the military played an important political role, with army generals serving as heads of state ...
Mexican Air Force cadets march during the Mexican Independence day military parade in Mexico City on 27 July 2012. The Army is under the authority of the National Defense Secretariat or SEDENA and is headed by the Secretary of National Defence - simultaneously a member of the central government and (the sole) four-star general.
Mexican Air Force F-5 Tiger II flying near the Popocatépetl Volcano. After more than 30 yearly military parade flights without incidents, an F-5E collided in mid-air with three Lockheed T-33s on the Air-military parade accident on September 16, 1995. [14] All aircraft were lost and a total of 10 deaths occurred.
Mexico's government on Tuesday unveiled a plan to nearly triple the National Guard deployment in the state of Guerrero to massively ramp up security in Acapulco after the crime-plagued beach ...
Mexico has no nuclear weapons, but it possesses the technical capability to manufacture nuclear weapons. [1] However, it has renounced them and has pledged to only use its nuclear technology for peaceful purposes following the Treaty of Tlatelolco in 1967. [2]
Mexico's armed forces are taking control of the capital's main airport, and the government plans to give the military control of nearly a dozen more across the country as the president takes aim ...
U.S., Mexico military training exercises in Juárez to strengthen cooperation between neighbors. The training started June 23 and continues to Sept. 3.
Mexican Army Special Forces during the 2015 September 16 military parade in the Zócalo. ... They give the army special capabilities on coastal and swampland operations.