05 May 2015 - Ambassador Catalino R. Dilem, Jr. met with Mexican Air Force officials led by General Carlos Antonio Rodriguez Munguia, Commander of the Mexican Air Force, on April 29 at the General Headquarters of the Mexican Armed Forces in Mexico City, to discuss their participation in the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Raising of the Mexican Flag/Landing of the 201st Mexican Fighter Squadron in the Philippines, which will be held today in Manila.
Also present during the meeting were Col. Oracio Ornelas Garcia, Col. Javier Martinez Guzman, Col. Mario Rios Arellano, Col. Humberto Olascoaga Granados of the Mexican Air Force and Cultural Officer Rosabelle Toledo of the Philippine Embassy in Mexico.
Gen. Rodriguez Manguia, accompanied by six other officials of the Mexican Air Force, will be in Manila for the event, which will include the unveiling of the marker in honor of the 201st Squadron, the elite expeditionary Air Force Unit of Mexico, which helped in the liberation of the Philippines from enemy forces during World War II. END