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2006-01-07 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexico denies rumors of troops deserting

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-07 01:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "... Any soldier who commits the crime of desertion and runs from the law for more than three months is discharged from the military

Hell, that's all?

18,033 desertions posted on a military Web site for the period September 2004 to June 2005 were considered official.

WTF? They're encouraging desertion.

Mexico's active military force is 194,000, so 18,000 desertions would represent a rate of about 9 percent.

My pocket calculator agrees, and they don't recognise this as a problem?

Reading between the lines, it seems that desertion is a legitimate way to "End your Military Service"

Their economy must be shot to hell.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-07 11:21|| 2006-01-07 11:21|| Front Page Top

#2 The market economy model is working in the mexican military.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-01-07 11:40|| 2006-01-07 11:40|| Front Page Top

#3 they aren't deserting - they're just working double shifts

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-07 12:26|| 2006-01-07 12:26|| Front Page Top

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