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MINNEAPOLIS, MN.-
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, led on Monday the 163th anniversary of the battle of Puebla, where she claimed the sovereignty, independence and freedom of the country, amid commercial and policies with the United States. “On May 5 it reminds us that the present and future of Mexico is to be a free, independent and sovereign nation,” he said during his speech.
The Mexican ruler, who witnessed her first military civic parade as commander of the Armed Forces, recalled that this May 5 commemorate 163 years of the ‘Battle of Puebla’, one of the historical moments “most patriotic and moving of the defense of the homeland” in which Mexicans expelled troops from France in 1862, in the middle of the second French intervention.
“We remember a victory that took roots in the heart of the people of Mexico here and in other latitudes. That is why our migrant sisters and brothers living in the United States commemorate May 5 as the main celebration,” he said.
He highlighted the “patriotism” of the people of Mexico and the “courage” of Mexican soldiers, “their delivery and their ability to sacrifice.”
He cited the message of General Ignacio Zaragoza, who directed the troops in that battle and who said that the French were likely to “be the best army in the world, but we are the best children in Mexico.”
“A message that crosses years of history and resonates in our present and always in the heart of the people of Mexico,” he emphasized.
He exalted the soldiers that, at that time, “they did not hesitate for a moment to offer their lives” for defending the independence of the nation and faced with “courage, patriotism and love for Mexico.”
In addition, he recognized the participation of the natives of Puebla, who, said, used wood spears and tools to work the field to face the invading army and defend the territory.
Therefore, he said, the victory of the battle of Puebla “is a symbol of resistance and defense of the homeland. It is the glorious message of our people for the heroic defense of its independence.”
He said that it is the history of generations that have given their lives and “many and many others that we will always be willing to give our life, for love of our history, for the legacy of patriots and for the people of Mexico. What live national sovereignty!”
A total of 3,400 military participated in the military parade, in addition to 33 educational institutions and 12,000 students, who toured several points of the city, mainly north and center of the capital of the Poblana.
The event happens just days after The Wall Street Journal published last Friday that US President Donald
Trump was pressing the Mexican president to allow a greater military participation in Washington in the fight against drug cartels. In his second Trump mandate, pressure on security in Mexico has increased, imposing tariffs in search of more measures against posters. Mexico, in response, deployed 10,000 National Guard agents on the common border to reduce irregular migration flow and drug trafficking, especially fentanyl.
Trump also included in the official terrorism list six drug groups in Mexico: the Jalisco Nueva Generación poster (CJNG), that of Sinaloa, the Gulf, from the Northwest, the Michoacan family and the United posters.
