(16 Sep 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico City, Mexico - 16 September 2024
1. National guard element
2. Rows of national guard elements
3. Army vehicle
4. Army
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Elena Zavala, housewife:
"What can we ask for? Our little cotton head (referring to the President Andres Manuel López Obrador who has a full head of gray hair), we would have asked for more if he had more youth. But he achieved his dream, his goal. As the saying in the ranch goes, 'he can now die in peace' for having achieved what it has longed for so many yesterdays."
6. President Andres Manuel López Obrador oversees the Mexican flag being raised
7. President Andres Manuel López Obrador traveling in an open car among the troops before the parade
8. Carmen Hernández, nurse, taking photo with a doll that represents Army member
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen Hernández, nurse:
"We are going to miss "Pejejito" (Pejejito is an affectionate nickname for president Andres Manuel López Obrador). We are going to miss him. As we say, my little white head (referring to his head of gray hair), we love him and it is only fair that he rests."
10. Various of army in parade
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Claudia Cárdenas, a nurse:
"It is the first time I have come (to this parade). We wanted to come precisely because it is the last parade of President Andres Manuel (López Obrador), and well we thought it was excellent."
12. National guard with their dogs
13. Army in horses
14. Various of the parade with confetti in the colors of the Mexican flag
STORYLINE:
Among the big highlight of Mexico’s Independence Day parade Monday for many was witnessing outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador participate in the celebration.
Mexico’s outgoing president oversaw the raising of a giant Mexican flag and rode in an open car among the troops during Mexico’s annual Sept. 16 military parade.
Mexico marks its national day on Sept. 16, the day after the cry for independence.
"It is the first time I have come (to this parade)," said Claudia Cárdenas, a nurse. "We wanted to come precisely because it is the last parade of President Andres Manuel (López Obrador), and well we thought it was excellent."
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