A contingent of Mexican army Special Forces soldiers have been deployed to the state of Chihuahua as part of anti-crime efforts following a recent mass killing during a horse race in Parral.

A deployment of 90 members of a Special Forces group landed on Nov. 23 at the Chihuahua City airport on a Boeing 727 military transport plane that arrived from a Mexico City airbase, Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense said via a social media post.

The troops will reinforcement law enforcement and military forces already present in "carrying out deterrence, prevention and patrol tasks" in the state, the national defense department stated.

Chihuahua State Public Safety Secretary Gilberto Loya said at his weekly news conference on Nov. 24 that he was grateful for the military's assistance and t

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