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When Lázaro Cárdenas reorganized the political party founded by Plutarco Elías Calles, he created sectoral representation of groups in Mexico, one of which was the Mexican Army. In the subsequent reorganization of the party, which took place in 1946, the Institutional Revolutionary Party no longer had a separate sector for the army. No ...
The Special Forces Corps (Spanish: Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales) are the special forces battalions of the Mexican Army.Formerly the Special Forces Airmobile Group (Spanish: Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales) or GAFE, the SF corps has six regular battalions; plus four specialized units, one of those units is the Fuerza Especial de Reaccion, the other three remain secretive for the public ...
The tactical forces form what is loosely called an Air Division, but it is dispersed in four regions: Northeast Mexico, Northwest Mexico, Central Mexico, and Southern Mexico. The Air Force maintains a total of 18 air bases, and has the additional capability of opening temporary forward operating bases in austere conditions for some helicopters ...
Battalia: an army or a subcomponent of an army such as a battalion in battle array (common military parlance in the 17th century). Blockade: a ring of naval vessels surrounding a specific port or even an entire nation. The goal is to halt the movement of goods which could help the blockaded nation's war effort. Booby trap
gob.mx (in Spanish). Government of Mexico "Tropa". gob.mx (in Spanish). Government of Mexico; Secretary of National Defense (21 July 2018). "Ley Orgánica del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea Mexicanos" [Organic Law of the Mexican Army and Air Force] (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 21– 23
The Navy has a special operations force called Fuerzas Especiales, better known as FES. Their specialties are unconventional warfare, assault, counter-terrorism, and special reconnaissance operations. There is also another special forces unit called Batallones de Comandos Anfibios.
1st Military Police Brigade - Military Zone 1-A, Mexico City; 2nd Military Police Brigade - Air Force Base No. 1 Santa Lucía, State of Mexico [3] 3rd Military Police Brigade - El Sauz, Sinaloa [4] 4th Military Police Brigade - General Escobedo, Nuevo León [5] 5th Military Police Brigade - San Miguel de los Jagüeyes, State of Mexico [6] 6th ...
Numerous theories have been proposed as to their motives for desertion, including cultural alienation, [10] [11] mistreatment of immigrant soldiers by nativist soldiers and senior officers, [12] [11] brutal military discipline and dislike of service in the U.S. military, [11] being forced to attend Protestant church services and being unable to ...