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Mexican Senate Approves U.S. Training Deployment for 60 Navy Special Operators

Lawmakers authorize a non-combat course with U.S. special operations at Camp Shelby under defined travel and equipment limits.

Overview

  • The Senate approved the request unanimously with 69 votes and no debate to permit the temporary overseas training.
  • The contingent consists of 60 members of SEMAR’s Unidad Naval de Operaciones Especiales following a request from President Claudia Sheinbaum.
  • Training is scheduled at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, from April 6 to May 30, with the deployment window running April 1 to May 30.
  • Personnel will depart and return via Toluca International Airport on a SEMAR aircraft carrying tactical gear and organic weapons without ammunition.
  • Activities include exchanges with U.S. SOCNORTH plus battalion-level maneuvers and live-fire range work, framed as professionalization that does not involve combat operations.