Mexican Army: Photo: Internet. 

Editorial Staff.- The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced on May 13 that, due to the recent violent events in different municipalities, there are more than 12 thousand federal soldiers in Jalisco. 

Following the wave of violence in some municipalities of Jalisco such as Jocotepec, Tamazula, La Manzanilla de la Paz, Mazamitla and Puerto Vallarta, 12,362 military and National Guard soldiers are guarding the state. 

6,410 are members of the Army and the Air Force, 5,512 are members of the National Guard, and another 440 come from the Secretariat of the Navy «to guarantee the peace and tranquility of the inhabitants of the State,» stated AMLO in the meeting held in Zapotlanejo. 

Translated by Paul Weeks