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Mexico's president-elect says he'll stop US copter purchase
Updated 4:18 pm CDT, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he will cancel the pending purchase by Mexico's navy of eight armed Lockheed Martin MH-60R helicopters from the United States government.
Lopez Obrador mentioned nixing the planned $1.2 billion deal Wednesday as an example of extensive cost-cutting measures his government will undertake.
In April, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of the helicopters, saying it would improve the security of a strategic regional partner. In its statement then, it said the helicopters would help Mexico fight criminal organizations.
The State Department's Bureau of Political Military Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the status of the proposed sale.
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CarlosDem
(14 posts)I didn't know Mexico had a navy?
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)The Federal police... meh. Not so much.
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)And in 15 years, there will be a very nice graveyard for them in the Mexican desert, the same way that 90% of Chinese buses have been tombstoned in Venezuela.