CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Human rights activists and relatives in the violent Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, blamed the army and National Guard troops in the ...

“It is very important to say that Nuevo Laredo is where criminal groups have carried out the most attacks on the army and the National Guard ... Remember, Mexican soldiers have been in ...

The Mexican Army is officially in charge of the National Guard, as the senate passed the president's plan on Wednesday, sparking concerns regarding the country's increasing militarization.

The Mexican army has seized ... Soldiers, state police and national guard units have instead been called in to stand in the place of the local police while the army runs checks on weaponry serial ...

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican army acknowledged for the first time Friday ... That same year, one National Guard officer and four state police officers were killed in two separate car-bomb attacks.

The camps on the Mexican side of the border were staffed with immigration agents and soldiers from the Army and National Guard. “The camp’s purpose is deterrence,” David Pérez Tejada ...

And, he said, based on public records requests, it is the Mexican Army that has traditionally carried out more drug seizures — and has a larger presence in northern states. The National Guard ...