Where Have All the Mexican Soldiers Gone?

“Coahuila state Governor Humberto Moreira Valdes expressed concern this week about the sudden, public disappearance of Mexican army units from his state. The border state governor contended that the withdrawal of Mexican army units from checkpoints and posts could encourage a “cockroach effect” by leaving the pantry wide open to organized crime. Moreira had no explanation for the Mexican army’s vanishing act, but he speculated that it could be related to the intensifying post-electoral conflict in Mexico City.

“I don’t know if this had to do with the election conflict, which perhaps we haven’t appreciated in its full dimension here in the northern part of the country,” Gov. Moreira said. “Maybe this redeployment of military forces is directly associated with what is happening in the center of the country.” “

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