translated from Spanish: 33000 soldiers will follow in the streets, without being in the guard

Despite the National Guard’s activation, almost 33000 elements of the Mexican army that integrate The conventional armed force will remain on the streets for the next five years, Supporting in Public Security Tasks. This with Total independence of Military police Which is expected to separate from its functions and Transfer to the National Guard.
Before this scenario some legislators have warned of the need to create a Special law and regulating protocols, in order to prevent abuses of force and incidents such as happened just last Sunday in Michoacan, where after a clash in which there was a minor wounded, the settlers retained and disarmed a group of soldiers.
Official data of the Secretary of National Defense (Seden), obtained via transparency by Political Animal, Reveal that they are 32911 “Elements of the operative units of the Army” that will continue in tasks of assistance to the public security, The rest of the administration.
Such military deployment in public security tasks is already legal. The constitutional reform in the matter of the National Guard, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on March 26, established in its fifth transitory article the faculty that has the President to resort to the Mexican army to fight the Delinquency for the next five years, while conforming and preparing the guard.
“During the five years following the entry into force of this decree, as long as the National Guard develops its structure, capacities and territorial implantation, the President of the Republic may have the permanent armed force in tasks of Public security in an extraordinary, regulated, supervised, subordinated and complementary way “, the aforementioned article indicates.
In this context, the Seder was asked to know the state of force of elements of the army that, without being national guards, will be deployed in the street.
This same questioning was made via transparency to The Mexican Navy secretariat, but this replied that, irrespective of the naval policemen who will be transferred to the National Guard, It does not foresee – at least for now – to maintain another deployment Of elements of the Navy in support of public security.
And as for the Federal Police, the National Guard Act published in the Official journal together with the other secondary laws of this package of reforms, establishes that all its elements must be transferred to the new force within a maximum period of 18 months , which means that for 2021 there would be no federal police on the streets.
What about training?
The Seder said that the 32911 troops of the Mexican army who will remain the remainder of the six-term in support of public security jobs will be assessed and trained in “police work” tasks, and that this preparation will be borne by the same instructors who are preparing the elements transferred to the National Guard today.
He added that this training will be carried out following the professionalization guiding program established by the Executive secretariat of the National System of public safety, and that today applies to all the police forces of the country.
They are currently Federal police instructors who, for the most part, are training the National Guard personnel, following these guidelines. This is based on the data that has been publicly transcended because, officially, Neither the Seder nor the Navy wanted to provide official details of the training schemes.
Despite the foregoing, there are legislators who maintain that the presence of the military in the remainder of the six-term needs to be regulated with a special law, especially to address what the transitional article of the constitutional reform indicates, with regard to this Military involvement must be “Extraordinary, regulated and controlled.”
The above would also seek to ensure that the military has clear the procedures to be carried out, and avoid as much as possible from abuses of force to scenarios like the one that happened on 26 May, when a group of soldiers was unarmed, beaten and Illegally detained by people who demanded the return of weapons in the HUACAA, Michoacán.
Senator Damian Zepeda of the PAN stressed, in the approval session of the supplementary reforms of the Guard, that for the first time a president of Mexico already has a legal framework to displace the military in public security tasks, but insisted that it should be somewhat regulated.
“This is a special permission for five years that has not had any president so far. We still have this earring. To make a specific regulation of the 5 years that gives special permission to the armed forces to participate in tasks of public security, “said the legislator.
The PRI Senator, Claudia Edith Anaya Mota, during the sessions of the Open citizen Parliament in the Senate organized on the occasion of the four secondary laws of the National Guard, said that it was necessary to consider as a “fifth law” the regulation of the Participation of the armed forces in public security during the following years.
“While it is endorsed by transitional article Five, there is no guideline on that exceptionality, temporality or what crimes they must pursue,” said the legislator.
Anaya Mota added that there are already some initiatives raised with specific guidelines for action for the armed forces, so they anticipate that they can be addressed in the next regular period, which starts in September.
A different position was that of the PRD Senator Miguel Ángel Mancera, who in an interview pointed out that the secondary laws of the National Guard, such as the use of force, also apply to the military collaborating in security and are not exempt from them, so the RE Gluttony already exists.
“The cooperation of the armed forces in these five years has to comply with the parameters that mark the judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the court, which says that it must be regulated and subordinated, and that must be fulfilled.  Already clear, “said the legislator.
However, in a letter sent last week to the Chamber of Deputies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner warned that the laws adopted do not sufficiently clarify the application of its provisions and restrictions on the elements of Armed forces, who will follow in the streets.
Go less Marine to the guard than advertised
On May 18, the Secretary of Security and Federal citizen Protection, Alfonso Durazo, detailed the state of force that will form the beginning of the National Guard and is called “Veteran’s Foot”. He said that it will be 35000 elements currently belonging to the military Police, 8000 elements of Naval police and 18000 operatives of Federal police.
However, the Navy secretariat detailed a political Animal, in response to another request for transparency, which is considered that 6288 naval elements “serve in the National Guard”. This figure is 21% lower than that announced by Durazo.
The Navy also explained that the transfer of these troops will be done in a “voluntary” way (those who want to join the guard), as well as with others who will be appointed to be commissioned.
For its part, the secretariat of the National defense has not wanted to make transparent the exact number of troops that would go to the new force to date.
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