Cienfuegos: we must combat the cowardly criminals with unity

Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article

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The Secretary of National Defence said that the country looks harassed by worthless circumstances of stateless persons that have committed vile criminal actions.

The Secretary of National Defense, Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda,

Reporter Ignacio Atzaga
The Secretary of National Defense, Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, said that " we must combat the cowardly criminals with unity" and " we will not allow them to mix with us", after this Friday when six Military elements were killed in attacks by Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion.

The General said that while Mexico is beset by circumstances that are not deserved, by stateless persons that have committed vile criminal actions, the Armed Forces and institutions will bring these criminals to justice.

"We shall not lower our guard, its time to cover the nations glorious", he said in respect of last Fridays outbreak of violence in four states in response to the implementation of Operation Jalisco, in which six soldiers were killed.



"There are more good Mexicans than there are bad", he said before President Enrique Pena Nieto in the ceremony of flag protest of members of the National Military Service of the class of 1996.

The General called for national unity, to close ranks against crime, he also said that Mexico is a nation that gives up when faced with adversity, "we are going to win for a better future", he assured.

He maintained that the Armed Forces will maintain deployment day and night to combat criminal organizations where required with citizen unity and respect for the law.

He recalled that the leaders of the criminal groups that have attacked the country, have been detained, imprisoned or "neutralized", and that is the fate that awaits those who offend Mexico and its Institutions with their criminal activities.

He calls on the population to denounce these people and not to let them mix with good Mexicans, as well as to eliminate corruption, impunity and illegality. "its time to cover the nations glory" he added.

The General carried out a survey of all the Military and Civil Servants who have died in the line of duty, in the fight against crime.

Original article in Spanish at Milenio

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