Overview
- The program began this week in Michoacán and runs for two weeks under FBI instruction with the state’s Guardia Civil bomb squad.
- Participants include personnel from Sedena, Semar, the state prosecutor’s office and Mexico’s federal security ministry alongside SSP Michoacán units.
- Training covers classroom and field work on drones, antidrone tactics and the latest methods to locate, neutralize and safely deactivate explosive devices.
- Mexican authorities say the effort is coordinated through the U.S. Embassy to maintain elite capabilities and to inform potential equipment purchases.
- Context for the initiative includes more than 3,000 grenades and explosive devices seized since mid‑2023 and a recent civilian death from a homemade mine reported on November 6 in Cotija, with one outlet reporting eleven FBI trainers on the ground.