Mexican Army

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army land forces

The Mexican Army is the land-based branch of Mexico’s armed forces, responsible for national defense, internal security, and support in civil emergencies.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Mexican Army canonical	108
Ejército Mexicano	4
Mexican army	3
Mexican Army (Ejército Nacional)	1
Mexican Army at the Battle of Puebla	1
Mexican Army high command	1
Mexican Army under Santa Anna	1
Mexican federal army	1
Mexican federal troops	1
Mexican land forces	1
federal Mexican army	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11154886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mexican Army
Context triple: [Mariano Escobedo, militaryBranch, Mexican Army]

A. Imperial Mexican Army
The Imperial Mexican Army was the military force that served the short-lived Mexican Empire in the early 19th century, supporting Emperor Agustín de Iturbide’s rule after independence from Spain.
B. Mexican forces
Mexican forces were the military troops of Mexico, notably recognized for defeating the French army at the Battle of Puebla on Cinco de Mayo in 1862.
C. Mexican Army of the North
The Mexican Army of the North was a key Mexican military force that defended the northern frontier and fought against U.S. forces during the Mexican–American War.
D. Armed Forces of Mexico
The Armed Forces of Mexico are the country’s unified military institutions responsible for national defense, internal security, and support in civil emergencies.
E. Atlacatl Battalion
The Atlacatl Battalion was an elite, U.S.-trained Salvadoran army unit notorious for its role in several major massacres and human rights abuses during the Salvadoran Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mexican Army
Target entity description: The Mexican Army is the land-based branch of Mexico’s armed forces, responsible for national defense, internal security, and support in civil emergencies.

A. Imperial Mexican Army
The Imperial Mexican Army was the military force that served the short-lived Mexican Empire in the early 19th century, supporting Emperor Agustín de Iturbide’s rule after independence from Spain.
B. Mexican forces
Mexican forces were the military troops of Mexico, notably recognized for defeating the French army at the Battle of Puebla on Cinco de Mayo in 1862.
C. Mexican Army of the North
The Mexican Army of the North was a key Mexican military force that defended the northern frontier and fought against U.S. forces during the Mexican–American War.
D. Armed Forces of Mexico
The Armed Forces of Mexico are the country’s unified military institutions responsible for national defense, internal security, and support in civil emergencies.
E. Atlacatl Battalion
The Atlacatl Battalion was an elite, U.S.-trained Salvadoran army unit notorious for its role in several major massacres and human rights abuses during the Salvadoran Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land forces ⓘ
allegiance	United Mexican States ⓘ linked to: Mexican Federation
commanderTitle	Commander of the Mexican Army ⓘ Secretary of National Defense ⓘ
controlledBy	Secretariat of National Defense ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment	19th century ⓘ
doctrineFor	civil protection and disaster relief ⓘ
garrison	Mexico City ⓘ
hasBranch	Mexican Air Force ⓘ
hasComponent	armored units ⓘ artillery units ⓘ engineer corps ⓘ infantry units ⓘ logistics units ⓘ medical corps ⓘ military academy system ⓘ military police ⓘ military police corps ⓘ paratrooper units ⓘ regular army ⓘ reserve forces ⓘ special forces ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Air Force Military School ⓘ Heroic Military College ⓘ Military School of Engineers ⓘ Military School of Medicine ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Mexican Constitution ⓘ linked to: Mexican Constitution of 1917 Mexican military laws and regulations ⓘ
hasMotto	Por el honor de México ⓘ
hasRole	counter-narcotics operations ⓘ disaster relief ⓘ land warfare ⓘ public security support ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Mexico City ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
nativeName	Ejército Mexicano ⓘ linked to: Mexican Army
participatedIn	Cristero War ⓘ Escuadrón 201 deployment in the Pacific Theater ⓘ Mexican Drug War ⓘ Mexican Revolution ⓘ World War II ⓘ Zapatista uprising response in Chiapas ⓘ earthquake relief operations in Mexico ⓘ
partOf	Mexican Armed Forces ⓘ linked to: Armed Forces of Mexico
precededBy	Army of the Three Guarantees ⓘ colonial Spanish forces in New Spain ⓘ
responsibleFor	internal security in Mexico ⓘ national defense of Mexico ⓘ support in civil emergencies ⓘ
serviceBranchOf	Mexico ⓘ
subordinateTo	Secretariat of National Defense ⓘ
usesDoctrine	Plan DN-III-E ⓘ
usesEquipment	armored vehicles ⓘ artillery systems ⓘ small arms ⓘ transport aircraft via Mexican Air Force ⓘ

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Referenced by (123)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mariano Escobedo → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

SEDENA → responsibleFor → Mexican Army ⓘ

National Guard (Mexico) → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

General Staff of National Defense → coordinatesWith → Mexican Army ⓘ

Heroico Colegio Militar → operatedBy → Mexican Army ⓘ

Fernando Montes de Oca → partOf → Mexican Army ⓘ

Francisco Márquez → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Army of Occupation → opponent → Mexican Army ⓘ

Army of the North → partOf → Mexican Army ⓘ

Veracruz–Mexico City route → usedBy → Mexican Army ⓘ

U.S. occupation of Monterrey → belligerent → Mexican Army ⓘ

Gulf Coast theater of the Mexican–American War → belligerent → Mexican Army ⓘ

Battle of Churubusco → combatant → Mexican Army ⓘ

Manuel Armijo → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Mexican Army of the North → partOf → Mexican Army ⓘ

Mexican Army of the North → militaryBranch → Mexican land forces ⓘ

linked to: Mexican Army

1968 Tlatelolco massacre → perpetrator → Mexican Army ⓘ

Battle for Mexico City → belligerent → Mexican Army ⓘ

Battle for Mexico City → armedForce → Mexican Army ⓘ

Saint Patrick's Battalion → allegiance → Mexican Army ⓘ

Siege of Puebla (1863) → hasParticipant → Mexican Army ⓘ

Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War → belligerent → Mexican Army ⓘ

U.S. artillery played a decisive role → opponent → Mexican Army ⓘ

Battle of Molino del Rey → side → Mexican Army ⓘ

Palo Alto, Texas → belligerent → Mexican Army ⓘ

Miguel Barragán → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Pedro de Ampudia → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Miguel Miramón → employer → Mexican Army ⓘ

José Francisco Ruiz → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Juan Escutia → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Agustín Melgar → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Juan de la Barrera → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Vicente Suárez → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Andrés Pico → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Juan Morales → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Lomas de Sotelo, Mexico City → hasSecurityPresence → Mexican Army ⓘ

Carl-Gustaf M2 → usedBy → Mexican Army ⓘ

Battle of the Alamo → belligerent → Mexican Army ⓘ

Zapatista forces → primaryEnemy → federal Mexican army ⓘ

linked to: Mexican Army

Cristero War → opposingForce → Mexican federal army ⓘ

linked to: Mexican Army

Cristero War → participant → Mexican federal troops ⓘ

linked to: Mexican Army

Victoriano Huerta → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Charles de Lorencez → opponent → Mexican Army at the Battle of Puebla ⓘ

linked to: Mexican Army

José María Flores → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

The Alamo (2004 film) → depicts → Mexican Army ⓘ

Rebellion of Zacatecas → participant → Mexican Army ⓘ

Gonzales flag → opposedAuthority → Mexican Army ⓘ

José Luis Topete → militaryBranch → Mexican Army ⓘ

Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga → memberOf → Mexican Army ⓘ

Goliad Massacre → perpetrator → Mexican Army ⓘ

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