EPN Armed Forces Award

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After receiving awards from the Secretariats of National Defense and the Navy of Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto received recognition and loyalty from both institutions for his work during these six years as supreme commander of the forces armies.

"Congratulations, Mr President, we will hardly have a commander like you will be," said Navy Secretary Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz, at the presentation of the first class navy award to the President of the Republic, Enrique Peña Nieto.

While the Secretary of National Defense, Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, in charge of issuing the Distinguished Service Military Decoration, said: "You have proven yourself to be the commander and the leader, you, the worthy Supreme Commander, and we will remember in as an excellent commander, our commander.

In the stage of the Secretariat of National Defense, surrounded by secretaries for national defense, General Salvador Cienfuegos, and Navy, Admiral Vidal Soberón, President Enrique Peña Nieto replied: "I am convinced that we will be indebted with our armed forces, whereas in our country, the law on internal security is not applied ".

In addition, the Secretary of the Navy also indicated that, as Chief, the President supported them in areas related to the institutional framework and legal framework required by the military to deal with the security tasks that were entrusted, in favor of the Mexicans.

Soberón Sanz said that the president was the one who watched over the welfare of the army, the air force and the Mexican Navy, whose mission is to collaborate for a country better.

As part of the ceremony that took place on the Damián Carmona Campi Militar No. 1-A esplanade, General Salvador Cienfuegos pointed out that the head of the executive was building trust and confidence. certainty among the troops.

He recalled that on February 19, 2013, the President pledged, during the celebration of Army Day, to offer the armed forces better working conditions and better professional prospects, more technologies and equipment to fulfill their military school missions, advance in gender equity, economic well-being and their families.

"In debt to our armed forces." In affirming his government's firm intention to regain freedom and tranquility in the country, President Enrique Peña Nieto stressed that Mexicans would be indebted to their armed forces until the application of the law. internal security.

The President awarded decorations, honorable mentions and thanks to 64 units of the armed forces who have distinguished themselves in their work to reduce violence.

As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he stated that the accuracy of the operations conducted and the outcome of the strategies implemented by Mexican soldiers, pilots and sailors were essential to the maintenance of legality and security. . from the country.