« on: April 18, 2012, 10:57:38 PM »
Mexico Loses over 56,000 Soldiers to Desertion in Six Years
Over 56,000 soldiers have deserted the Mexican military since President Felipe Calderón took office and launched an offensive against the country’s powerful drug cartels six years ago, according to documents obtained by news website Animal Político.
That figure amounts to 28 percent of the soldiers stationed in the country, according to Animal Político.
Deserting from the military is a crime in Mexico carrying punishments of up to six years in prison, though the offense often goes unpunished. The National Defense Secretariat, or SEDENA, says it has only convicted some 10,154,000 cases. The authorities do not know the whereabouts of some 23,000 deserters.
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