Over 18,000 Soldiers March in Independence Day Parade in Mexico City Yamei - XinhuaNet
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Mexico Celebrates the Independence Day with Military Parade 2017 (New China/Decent People)

About 18,300 soldiers paraded on Saturday through the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, as part of the celebrations for the country's Independence Day.

For 90 minutes, soldiers marched below the gaze of President Enrique Pena Nieto, who looked on from the main balcony of the presidential palace, and thousands of onlookers in the streets.

Soldiers held up a giant mosaic of a Mexican flag for the length of the 7.3 km parade from the Zocalo until the Field of Mars, a military camp in Chapultepec Park.

Infantrymen, paratroopers with camouflaged faces, artillery units, coastguards and cadets from the army and navy also showcased their discipline in front of hundreds of families, some of which had arrived up to four hours early to get a good view.

The parade also saw almost 270 tanks and armored vehicles take part, along with 66 planes and helicopters with pilots pulling off maneuvers over the skies of the capital.

Pena Nieto was also accompanied for much of the parade by a group of children, invited for the occasion due to their good results in class.

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