In January 1994, the Mexican army used armed Pilatus PC-7s against the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas. Attacks on civilians were also reported. The aircraft had been exported as trainers. In June 2015, Pilatus PC-7s flew over teachers’ protests in Oaxaca. SECO confirmed the aircraft type from the footage. Weapons experts considered the objects visible beneath the wings to be possible 12.7 mm machine-gun pods or rocket pods. On 30 January 1995, the Federal Council rejected the export of 48 Pilatus PC-9s to Mexico. The proposed aircraft were to have weapons hardpoints under their wings. After Mexican PC-7s were used in the Chiapas conflict in 1994, doubts arose over whether the new aircraft would be used exclusively for training. Mexico insisted on the version capable of being armed. The planned deal, valued at around 300 million Swiss francs, did not proceed. According to its own account, SECO again authorised the export of Pilatus aircraft to Mexico in 2007. The PC-9s were subject to a condition requiring their exclusive use for pilot training. In 2015, the Tages-Anzeiger reported four PC-9s delivered in 2007. The Swiss aircraft register chronology already lists two new PC-9Ms for Mexico in September 2006, with serial numbers 669 and 670 and registrations HB-HRI and HB-HRJ. The numbers and dates of licences and deliveries therefore cannot be conclusively reconciled. In its 1994 response to motion 94.3072, the Federal Council stated that it had expressed disapproval to Mexico over the armed use of PC-7s in Chiapas. Contrary to the motion’s assertion, however, the purchases at the time had not been subject to any conditions on their use, so no breach of contract could be alleged. Most PC-7 and PC-9 spare parts at the time, with exceptions such as engines, did not require export licences. The Federal Council considered an exceptional ban on these spare-parts deliveries disproportionate. This statement concerns the older PC-7s and does not remove the conditions attached to later deals.