SAN MIGUEL DE LOS JAGÜEYES, México — A group of 143 Haitian soldiers on Friday finished military training by the Mexican army as part of a bilateral agreement as Haiti looks to revive its armed forces amid escalating violence in the Caribbean nation, where gangs have taken control of most of its capital.

For eight weeks, 15 women and 128 men were part of a basic military training where they practiced personal defense and shooting and learned about human rights. Now they are heading to their country.

“Starting today, you return to your nation with military knowledge and physical and spiritual strength to loyally serve your people and your democratically elected authority,” said lieutenant colonel Juan Manuel Campos Rodríguez, director of the army's training center, at a closing ceremony i

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