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Judi Lynn

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Wed Apr 3, 2024, 06:28 AM Apr 2024

Senate Endorses Entry Of Armed US Military, "Green Berets", Into Mexican Territory (Mexican Senate)

By Sol Prendido 4/02/2024 07:03:00 PM

With 79 votes in favor, 10 votes against - legislators from the parliamentary group of the Citizen Movement (MC)- and one abstention, the Plenary Session of the Senate of the Republic approved, on April 2, 2024, the entry of 11 elements of the Army from the United States, for training tasks for Mexican military personnel.

The Plenary Session of the Upper House of the Congress of the Union approved that as of April 8 and until May 17, 2024, the elements of the US Army would attend training tasks, which would be carried out at the National Training Center. Training, located in Santa Gertrudis, Chihuahua.

The draft opinion presented by the National Defense Commission of the Senate - whose president is Félix Salgado Macedonio from Guerrero - granted authorization to the head of the Federal Executive Branch, to grant said training, called “Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET)”.

According to a document sent by the Legal Department of the Federal Executive (CJEF), said exercise would allow the elements of the Mexican Armed Forces to continue with their training and training, in the face of the challenges presented by contemporary Mexico, in addition to strengthening the bilateral relationship. .

This, as part of the Bilateral Military Cooperation Round Table, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), in coordination with the Northern Command of the United States of America, established that, as part of the 2024 Annual Activities Plan, it will be carry out Combined Joint Exercise Training.

More:
https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/04/senate-endorses-entry-of-armed-us.html

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