Pentagon Expands Training of Mexican Military
07.17.2014 at 10:45am
Pentagon Expands Training of Mexican Military by Jim Michaels, USA Today
The United States is quietly expanding its training of Mexico's armed forces, helping to reverse decades of mistrust that made Mexico's military reluctant to cooperate with its northern neighbor.
The amount the Pentagon spent on training Mexico's armed forces, though small, increased to more than $15 million last year, up from about $3 million in 2009, according to U.S. Northern Command, which oversees U.S. military contacts with Mexico.
The training comes as Mexico's armed forces have been drawn deeper into the country's war on drugs and organized crime…
