MEXICAN MILITARY SERVICE

Mexican Military Service

In Mexico, military service was instituted in 1942 by then President General Manuel Avila Camacho as a necessary response to the Second World War when the country was involved, given the events that were raised before the sinking of oil tanker Potrero Del Llano and Faja de Oro by German submarines. Among other measures taken to defend the sovereignty, the Mexican government saw the need to call all young people aged 18 years delivering the National Military Service (SMN).

Conscripts must undergo basic combat training and weapons reserves, but from 1994 to 2005, military service was mainly ...