The Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES) () was the

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of the

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of Mexico. In October 2019, the Federal Police were disbanded, and its personnel and equipment were transferred to the newly formed

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. In August 2022, the National Guard formed a new tactical unit called ''Fuerza Especial de Reacción e Intervención'' (FERI).

Specialization

Their mission was to carry out a variety of operations such as: *Counter-narcotics and drug cartels *Counterterrorism *Executive protection *Fight organized crime. *Hostage rescue *Raiding for search and capture high-value targets. *Serving highly arrest dangerous criminals and search warrants. *Subduing suspects and engaging heavily-armed criminals. *Suppress insurgents in all terrains by infiltrating air, land, and water. It had 87 members, divided into groups of 8 to 12 operators.

Training

The GOPES is a well-trained force which took courses from the following forces: * : GAFE * : Marine Airborne Battalion of the

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* : GEO * : AFEUR * :

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* : FAMS * : BOPE

Firearms

; Assault rifle * :

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* : FN F2000 * : Beretta ARX-160 * : IWI Tavor * :

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;Grenade launcher * : M203 grenade launcher * :

Milkor MGL The Milkor MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) is a lightweight 40 mm six-shot revolver-type grenade launcher (variations also fire 37/38mm) developed and manufactured in South Africa by Milkor (Pty) Ltd. The MGL was demonstrated as a concept to t ...

;Machine guns * : Heckler & Koch MG4 * : Browning M2 * : IWI Negev ;SMG * :

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* : Heckler & Koch UMP * : Heckler & Koch MP7 ;Sniper rifle * :

Barrett M82 The Barrett M82 (standardized by the U.S. military as the M107) is a Recoil operation, recoil-operated, semi-automatic rifle, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle developed by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing and produced in the United States. Als ...

* : Barrett M98B * :

Remington 700 The Remington Model 700 is part of a series of bolt-action (later semi-automatic 7400 series) centerfire rifles manufactured by Remington Arms since 1962. It is a progressive variant of the Remington Model 721 and Model 722 rifles series, wh ...

* : DSR-50 ;Shotguns * :

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* :

Benelli M4 The Benelli M4 is a semi-automatic shotgun produced by Italian firearm manufacturer Benelli Armi SpA, and the fourth and last model of the Benelli Super 90 line of semi-automatic shotguns. The M4 uses a proprietary action design called the "auto- ...

;Pistols * : Heckler & Koch USP * :

Walther P99 The Walther P99 () is a semi-automatic pistol developed by the German company Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen of Ulm for law enforcement, security forces and the civilian shooting market. History Design work on this new generation sidearm began ...

* : Smith & Wesson Model 686 * : FN Five-seven * : Beretta PX4 Storm * :

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References

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
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