National Guard (Mexico)

The National Guard was launched by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2019. It has since played a major part in intensifying the enforcement of immigration policy. López Obrador stated that the new National Guard would be critical to solving Mexico's ongoing security crisis. On 28 February, Congress voted to approve a 60,000-member national guard. In June 2019, as part of a deal with the United States, Mexico agreed to deploy the newly formed National Guard to its border with Guatemala. The guard was not enforcing immigration policy, but after a certain period of time they started to enforce immigration policy. == Command structure ==

Legislative acts of Congress assign full control of the National Guard to the Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection, who is in charge of all matters related to the National Guard in law enforcement, public security and the Secretariat of National Defense related to its military work as auxiliary to the Mexican Armed Forces. According to Article 12 of the Law of the National Guard, it is organized on five command levels: • Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection/Secretary of National Defense • Operational Commander • Territorial Coordinator • State Coordinator • Unit Coordinator == Ranks ==

According to articles 29 and 30 of the Law of the National Guard, the ranks are: Commissioned officers Basic scale ladder == Equipment ==

Aircraft • CASA/IPTN CN-235 • Boeing 727 == See also ==