After more than three years of serving as Undersecretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) of the Government of Mexico, Ricardo Mejia Berdeja announced his departure to seek the governorship of Coahuila. Given this, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced who will be the person who will occupy that position (he is a military man).
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The President of the Republic announced General Luis Rodríguez Bucio as the new Undersecretary of Public Security
In his morning conference this Monday, January 16, the federal president reported that the general Luis Rodriguez Bucio will perform as Undersecretary of the SSPC. “He was the commander of the National Guard”, that is how López Obrador introduced the official who was present at the “morning”.
“He did a very good job as commander of the National Guard. We have all the confidence in General Bucio”, said the man from Tabasco. Likewise, he indicated that his place will be occupied by General David Cordova Campos who retired in 2020 from the Armed Forces after being a senior officer of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).
Originally from Tancitaro, Michoacan, Luis Rodríguez Bucio was born on August 27, 1956 in the community of Condémbaro. At the age of 17, he managed to enter the Heroic Military College as a cadet, from where he would graduate four years later as a Infantry Second Lieutenant. From that date, he would begin his military career until he became a Major General.
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His professional preparation is made up of a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Military Administration. PhD studies were focused on Defense and National Security, and he carried them out at the Center for Higher Naval Studies (CESNAV) from 2013 to 2016, according to data from the Government of Mexico.
In his first years in the field of public security, Rodríguez Bucio served as the coordinator of inter-institutional groups of the extinct Center for Investigation and National Security (CISEN) from 1994 to 1999. After his departure he was director of the Special Operations area of the Federal Police until the year 2000.
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Among his most relevant positions, he has been commander of the Military Garrison in Cancun, Quintana Roo (2010-2011); Director of the Research and Development Center of the Mexican Army and Air Force (FAM) from 2013 to 2017, as well as Major State Boss from a military zone in Aguascalientes.
Regarding his experience abroad, the now undersecretary of the SSPC was military and air attache in two embassies de México from 2000 to 2002: in Poland (based in Warsaw) and in Germany (based in Berlin). Likewise, he was president of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) of the Organization for American States (OAS) between 2017 and 2018.
From 2017 to 2019, Rodríguez Bucio served as president of the Council of Delegates of the Inter-American Defense Board, in Washington, DC. After the arrival of López Obrador to the Presidency of Mexico, he was appointed as commander of the National Guard (GN), a position that he held from April 16, 2019.
Regarding the departure of Mejía Berdeja from the SSPC, the federal president commented that “he did not even say goodbye to me; He just sent me a piece of paper.” It should be remembered that his resignation has to do with his intentions to compete for the governorship of Coahuila under the Labor Party (PT), after Armando Guadiana will emerge as the candidate of Morena.
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