Mexico’s president asks lawmakers to let US military trainers into Mexico.

According to an announcement published in the official gazette of the Senate, the President of Mexico has submitted a request to the Senate for authorization to let a group of United States military troops enter the country to train Mexican special forces at the beginning of 2024.

The presence of United States military soldiers on Mexican soil has been a contentious topic in Mexico for a very long time. Mexico not only suffered the loss of a significant portion of its territory to the United States as a result of war in the 1840s, but it also had to endure military invasions by the United States in the early 20th century.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reportedly requested permission for eleven United States military members to participate in a program titled “Strengthening the Capacities of the Special Forces of the Defense Ministry.” The statement was issued on Tuesday.

The notion of Mexican sovereignty has been aggressively upheld by Lopez Obrador, who has also passed legislation to restrict the capacity of United States counter-narcotics agents to operate in Mexico.

According to the notice that the Senate issued, the training program is scheduled to take place in a military training camp located southeast of Mexico City between January 23 and March 21, 2024. The notification also included a copy of the democratically elected president’s letter.

Less than a week after Lopez Obrador met with Vice President Joe Biden of the United States of America at an Asia-Pacific conference in San Francisco, California, Lopez Obrador wrote a letter with a date of November 22.

The 11 individuals mentioned in the letter are members of the 7th Special Forces Group of the United States Army. This highly specialized outfit has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and frequently provides training to foreign soldiers.

In addition, the letter from the Senate stated that it is anticipated that the United States forces will arrive in Mexico with their guns, ammo, and equipment.

Throughout their time in Mexico, the United States military personnel will be stationed at Mexico’s Defense Ministry (SEDENA), which has a long history of maintaining strong relations with the United States military apparatus.

Lopez Obrador, for his part, has been critical of anti-narcotics authorities from the United States who operate on Mexican territory. He has accused agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of infringing upon Mexican sovereignty.