Over 4,500 Mexican Military Personnel Prosecuted for Desertion Since 1985
Latin American Herald Tribune
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January 7, 2014
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MEXICO CITY – A total of 4,543 military personnel were prosecuted for desertion between 1985 and 2013, the Mexican Federal Institute for Access to Information (IFAI) said.

The figures were provided by the Defense Secretariat to the IFAI in response to a request for information from a citizen.

The IFAI, however, asked defense officials for figures on military personnel convicted or acquitted of desertion, with cases in which rulings have not been made excluded from the information.

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