AMLO's National Guard launches with early controversy

A protest by Federal Police officers highlights military-civilian tensions in the new organization

Jul 10, 2019

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President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s National Guard officially launched on 30 June 2019.

The National Guard reportedly has between 60,000 and 70,000 guardsmen as of this month, made up of military police from the Army and Navy as well as Federal Police. No official accounting of the numbers and makeup of the units have yet been given, though about 30,…

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