The poverty in the country is indisputable. It is the other five that confuse and frustrate the American public. The fact is that the PRI deliberately hid the deficiencies of its economic reforms. It delayed a devaluation which was not only necessary but inevitable, in order to manipulate the elections. Despite the economic crisis which the country suffered during the 1980s, the Mexican Army not only did not have any financial restrictions on its modernization, but in fact, from the mid-80s through 1993, almost doubled its number of soldiers.
Military leaders can spend their budget as they see fit.
They are not accountable to any civil authority.