Baja California, the miliary, and drunk public servants

This short new piece from La Jornada is simply worth translating in its entirety. Enjoy:

Mexicali, BC. Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mujica, commander of the Second Military Region, asked Governor José Guadalupe Osuna Millán Cardona that Secretary of Government Cuauhtémoc Benavides not be present at any military ceremony, and because of this he was absent from the ceremony to honor the Niños Héroes on September 13. Cardona Benavides said he arrived late and therefore did not step up to the podium. When the formal ceremony ended he went off without saying goodbye.