Peña Nieto remembers the victims of the 1985 earthquake

At 7:19 a.m., President Enrique Peña Nieto ordered to lower the monumental Mexican flag , in the Zócalo , to half-mast , in memory of the victims of the 1985 earthquake.

During this brief ceremony , which only lasted 8 minutes, the President was joined by Mexico City's mayor , José Ramón Amieva , and by the National Security Cabine t, led by the Internal Affairs Minister, Alfonso Navarrete Prida , and the Minister and General of the National Defense Ministry, Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda , and the Minister and Admiral of the Marine Corps, Vidal Francisco Soberón.

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According to the protocol, the President activated the mechanism that lifted the flag to the highest part of the mast, and then lowered it to the middle, as a sign of mourning .

A military band played a tap and then the national anthem.

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broke with protocol and approached the Civil Protection personnel and the rescuers who attended the ceremony that took place in the Plaza de la Constitución.

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returned to the Palacio Nacional without talking to the press.

This year, as part of the drill , at 13:14 hours, there will be a minute of silence , and later, at 13:16:40 hours, the seismic alert will be activated to carry out a retract and evacuate procedure.

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