Additional powers for the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA)

On January 11th of this year, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the DECREE by which a fraction XX is added to article 29 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration., to read as follows:

Article 29.- The Secretariat of National Defense is responsible for the dispatch of the following matters:

I.- to XVIII.- …

XIX.- Render the auxiliary services required by the Army and the Air Force, as well as the civil services that the Federal Executive indicates to said forces;

XX.- Establish collaboration agreements with environmental institutions to train members of the military service to carry out activities aimed at protecting the environment, and XXI.- Others expressly attributed by laws and regulations.

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