“The creation of the GN was successful”

Mexico Metropolis. Clearly conscious of the significance of symbols, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador led the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Nationwide Guard in the identical place the place its deployment started: Campo Marte.

As a farewell earlier than the tip of his mandate –in three months–, the supreme commander of the armed forces thought of successful its creation, whereas calling on its officers and leaders to not fall into the temptations of wealth and to take care of it as an incorruptible company.

The Nationwide Guard have to be an instance of honesty, an incorruptible group in order that, on this means, it continues to ensure peace and tranquility in our nation..

In a ceremony framed by the formality and navy self-discipline with which the weather of the Guard have been educated, the top of the Government didn’t allude even as soon as to his want to include this safety physique into the Secretariat of Nationwide Protection, which he did endorse within the initiative for constitutional reform that he despatched to Congress in February.

Ceremony loaded with symbolism

However a symbolism linked to the navy was the central theme at totally different moments of the occasion: three firms of cadets from the Heroic Navy Faculty, who upon commencement will turn out to be commanders of the Nationwide Guard, carried out a rifle salute; the militia name Tres de Diana was performed in recognition of 42 males and 13 girls of the company, and the chords of the struggle band accompanied a parade of a number of battalions.

Together with the Secretaries of Protection, Luis Cresencio Sandoval; of the Navy, José Rafael Ojeda; and of Safety, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, different members of his cupboard and friends, resembling Lawyer Normal Alejandro Gertz –who had not been seen in public occasions for a while–, and the Head of Authorities of Mexico Metropolis, Martí Batres, the federal president highlighted the position of the armed forces and the Nationwide Guard within the struggle towards crime.

Over time, and given the failure of the Federal Police, the issue of public security within the nation It obtained worse and wanted consideration.he harassed.

For that reason, he recalled, in 2019 a reform to the Structure was authorised and the best way was paved for the creation of the Guard – which the president himself initially conceived as a civilian physique and over time reaffirmed the necessity to incorporate it into the Sedena -; likewise, this reform additionally regularized that the Military and the Navy, elementary pillars of the Statemay very well be included into safety duties.

As a part of the ceremony, three firms of cadets from the Heroic Navy Faculty carried out a rifle salute, the militia name Tres de Diana was additionally performed and a struggle band accompanied a parade of a number of battalions. Photograph by María Luisa Severiano

That is how we’re coping with the scourge of violence. We’re making progress, not as we want, however we should take note of that it is a moderately major problem, as a result of it has been left unattended for a very long time.

5-year evaluate

In accordance with the report, aside from extortion, all different crimes are on the decline within the nation.

By way of homicides, it has been fairly tough for us, as a result of the organized crime gangs have remained energetic and guarded, however we’re making progress and there are fewer than after we got here to energy. There’s a lower in kidnappings of round 75 p.c in comparison with after we got here to energy. And the identical with theft.

He added: Thankfully there will likely be continuity with change, the transformation will proceed and this will likely be consolidated as a method to ensure peace..

In simply 5 years of historical past, he stated, the Nationwide Guard has the belief of 75 p.c of Mexicans.

For his half, the commander of the company, David Córdova, stated that the Guard contributes 47 p.c of public safety operations within the nation, with the deployment of 130 thousand troops – it’s anticipated that subsequent 12 months there will likely be 150 thousand – of which 80 p.c are operational.

5 years after its creation, he defined, it has 401 barracks and its organizational construction is made up of 32 state coordinations and 266 regional coordinations, during which 52 battalion-type models, 551 firms and 291 communication route sections are deployed.

This deployment has yielded outcomes: the arrest of round 37,000 folks linked to organized crime; in addition to the seizure of greater than 11,000 weapons and 11 million cartridges, 450 kilos of opium gum and three,450 kilos of fentanyl, the destruction of 45 clandestine laboratories, amongst others.

We’re more than happy to achieve the primary 5 years of this precedence undertaking. The work has not been simple; nevertheless, right now we’ve an expert and disciplined police drive, which is getting stronger every single day, as required by the calls for of our nation.he harassed.