KENS 5 San Antonio: The Mexican army says it will build a monument to honor soldiers killed in the fight against drug traffickers in a bid to raise morale and prevent desertion.
The Defense Department says the monument will be erected at Mexico City's Campo Marte military field and will include a cannon and a shallow pond.
The department said Wednesday the monument will cost 13.8 million pesos ($1 million dollars) and that it should be completed by December. read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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