Gustavo Castillo
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, October 6, 2024, p. 7
Brigadier General Hernán Cortés Hernández protested as interim commander of the National Guard, in an act led by the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, who indicated that later of more than five years of evolution, with this act the National Guard is constituted as part of the permanent armed force, at the same level as the Army, Air Force and Navy depending entirely
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In an event held in the Plaza de la Lealtad, which is located in the facilities of the military institution, he took office by appointment of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
Trevilla Trejo highlighted that with the appointment of General Cortés Hernandez – the first active military commander to be appointed commander of the National Guard –, There is certainty for the continuity, strengthening and consolidation of this force created to build peace and guarantee the security of Mexicans.
The secretary indicated that under the command of General Cortés Hernández The operational and administrative consolidation plan of the National Guard begins to make this institution a more efficient and professional force for order and public peace
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Cortés Hernández has a master’s degree in military administration for national security and defense and training studies in Intervention and Protection Techniques of the French National Gendarmerie. He also served as deputy military and air attaché at the Mexican embassy in France and Germany.
