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Battalions & Regiments

Distinct from the brigade formations were independent regiments and battalions assigned to zonal garrisons. These independent units were reported to have consisted in 2006 of one armored cavalry regiment, nineteen motorized cavalry regiments, one mechanized infantry regiment, seven artillery regiments, and three artillery and eight infantry battalions. This is a total of 38 battalion-level units. As of 2010, about 140 battalion-level units can be individually identified, three times as many as were reported just four years earlier.

Regiments [Regimiento]

As of early 2010 there were appartently some 23 Caballería Motorizada / Motorized Cavalry Regiments, numbered sequentially from 1º throug 24º. There are no published reports attesting the 8º Regimiento de Caballería Motorizada, or units numbered higher than 24.º By early 2010 it was possible to indentify the existence of at least eight Armored Reconnaissance Regiments [Regimiento Blindado de Reconocimiento], and nine Artillery Regiments [Regimiento de Artillería]. Unlike infantry units, which are always denominated by arabic numerals, these units are frequently identified by Roman numbers or by numbers [eg, IX or Noveno].

In December 2009 more than 2 thousand Mexican Army soldiers belonging to 16th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, from the states of Mexico, Puebla, Morelos and Guerrero arrived to participate in what could be the military and police campaign against drug trafficking. These troops spent time in Chilpancingo and went on board more than 100 vehicles heading for the port of Acapulco, to join hundreds of sailors of the Navy of Mexico and agents of the Federal Preventive Police and the Federal Agency Research of the Attorney General of the Republic, to reach 4 thousand troops to participate in what was called Operation Acapulco. The first convoy of about a thousand soldiers traveling in 50 vehicles and four Hummer type personnel carrier trucks. Hours later, at approximately 2 pm the second convoy arrived with a similar number of soldiers who were stationed on the Boulevard side of Vicente Guerrero and charged at the pump fuel Chilpancingo, north of Baghdad against colony Tata Gildo.

Battalions [Batallón ]

As of early 2010, it was possible to identify exactly 100 Infantry Battalions, numbered 4 through 104. Three additional infantry battalions were attached to the Presidential Guard. The Presidential Guard was reported in 1996 to consist of three infantry battalions, one special force battalion, and one artillery battalion. As of 2010 at least two special forces battalions can be identified. Infantry battalions, each composed of approximately 300 troops, generally are deployed in each zone. Certain zones also are assigned an additional motorized cavalry regiment or one of the seven artillery regiments. Smaller detachments often are detailed to patrol more inaccessible areas of the countryside, helping to maintain order and resolve disputes.

The arrival of the 1st Army Corp [I CE - 1er. Cuerpo del Ejército] does not imply the presence of all their forces, in this case was only present 65º Battalion of Infantry. It does not imply either that it was the time first that appeared in the state of Chiapas. As it indicates this description, 1er. Cuerpo del Ejército can operate at the same time in any zone of the national territory. The left sleeve of the military uniform acquired the following.

The 65th Infantry Battalion of the Army, located in Sinaloa, disintegrated because of links with drug traffickers. Itonly appeared twice in the 124 reports the National Defense Secretariat (SDN) disseminated on its activities against drugs. The striking fact after the SDN confirmed on October 14th 2002 that the 65th Infantry Battalion of the Army, composed of about 600 men between senior military commanders, officers and enlisted personnel, would be dismantled after it was discovered that some troops had ties to drug trafficking. The head of the agency, Gen. Gerardo Clemente Vega Garcia said that day that 48 members of 65 Infantry Battalion based in Guamuchil, Sinaloa, are involved in crimes. The Attorney General of Military Justice (PGJM) investigates the actions of Brigadier General Hector Reynoso Porfirio Petronio Guadarrama, former commander of 65 Infantry Battalion in Guamúchil, between 1996 and 1998, who is appointed in a confidential report as one of those allegedly involved with groups of drug traffickers in the region, particularly with the family of Roman Angulo, which operates in the area Mocorito in Guamúchil and part of Badiraguato.

On October 22, 2009 the Ministry of National Defense reported that as part of the Permanent Campaign Against Drug Trafficking and the Joint Operation "Chihuahua", troops belonging to 104/o. Infantry Battalion, to carry out surveys in Colonia Barrio Alto, Ciudad Juárez, Chih., Arrested SAUL ZAVALA (a) "The Shadow" or "23" and Luis Angel Cruz Avitia (a) "Luis" who were found with a handgun, a magazine, 10 rounds, 1,500 pills of "Rivotril Clonazepam", 69 grams of heroin and 9 kilos 800 grams of marijuana.