The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says the United States ran training exercises for officers in the state of Sonora to enhance border security.
The program from the Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement office ran for four weeks and trained 163 state police officers in Sonora, according to a post from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.
¡Estados Unidos y México, juntos por la seguridad de Sonora! 🇺🇸🤝🇲🇽
— Embajada de EE.UU. en México (@USEmbassyMEX) December 9, 2025
Durante cuatro semanas, 163 policías estatales de Sonora —incluyendo 44 de la División de Operaciones Fronterizas—recibieron entrenamiento avanzado en técnicas policiales, controles de seguridad y respuesta a… pic.twitter.com/NtMpg1rYBm
The Embassy says officers received security and emergency response training. Forty-four officers who received the training were from Sonora’s division of border operations, a new unit with a presence in the Sonoran border towns of Nogales, Agua Prieta and San Luis Colorado. Sonora’s governor announced the new division this year.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson called the new unit a “concrete step to curb the illicit flow of drugs, weapons and people.
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