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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Mexican soldiers will get a pay raise after elimination of oversight agencies, president says

Mexico Army Funding - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Mexico’s president said Monday that much of the money gained by eliminating independent oversight and regulatory agencies will go to the army to fund a rise in soldiers’ pay.

The announcement by President Claudia Sheinbaum is the latest in a a series of new and unusual funding sources to pay for the country’s increasingly influential military.

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