What happens if a soldier avoids a deployment by fleeing to Mexico?

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PERSON DO A YEAR IN JAIL FOR DESERTION. I THINK THAT GOING AWOL IS THE WORST THING A SOLDIER, AIRMAN OR SAILOR CAN DO.

Well that would depend, we could go all Private Eddie Slovak on you (look him up), or you could do jail, or get off light with the liberal democrats, get a free sex change and a pardon.

My best recommendation to someone of that mind set. Don't give up, talk to your brothers and sisters and find the courage to do what you promissed. Trust them, if not them your leadership. Most importantly take care of your battle buddies like you would for your family.

Desertion/AWOL. Any soldier AWOL will have a warrant for arrest and safe return. Mexican authorities work with US authorities well. That being said.... Sometimes it takes a really long time for people to be extradited from Mexico.

First off the SM is looking at charges of missing movement, AWOL and desertion. Mexico has extradition treaties with the US so if the US government knew the SM was in Mexico and if the SM had not broken any Mexican laws and they had him in custody he would be extradited to the US or simply held while members of the SM branch went to Mexico to retrieve him.

He could be apprehended any number of ways

If you are an active soldier you are accounted for every morning. Avoiding deployment is violation of UCMJ and going to Mexico is desertion. Burgdahl deserted his post received nothing in way of justice. You might now get away with it, but if I was your commanding officer, I would ask for prosecution to fullest extent of law and request Mexico extradition to the US.

So here goes a war story. I graduated from high school in 1967, with the draft in force. A friend was drafted in the Spring of '68 and sent to Fort Ord. He and a friend decided to desert and go to Mexico. They got as far as SoCal and ran out of money. His folks flew down to talk him into returning to Ord. Which is what he did. It was so common in those days that the process was NJP, tack your bad time onto the end of your TOS and recycle you in training. He ended up in a Trans Co. in Vietnam driving a fork lift unloading ships. The kicker came when he was discharged and was 8 days past the 2 year point and got the pay raise for over 2 for lomgevity for pay purposes.

AWOL/UA, Desertion, Missing Movement, among many other charges. Perhaps this soldier should have thought it through before taking an Oath to defend.

Should have never joined if he didn't want to deploy

I do not like this question. Just the thought of desertion bothers me.