(CNN Spanish) – Major General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo was born on January 8, 1961 in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. He has more than four decades of experience in the military field, according to information from the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).
He entered the Heroic Military College in 1978, where he graduated as a second lieutenant of Cavalry, and also has a degree in Military Administration from the Higher War School.
He has two master’s degrees: Military Administration for National Security and Defense, from the National Defense College and another in Public Administration. Added to this are diplomas and courses on National Security and Defense.
Regarding public service within the Armed Forces, he has held positions as director of the Army and Air Force Language Center and general director of Social Communication in Mexico City of the Sedena, during the six-year term of President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012). ).
In March 2010, elements of the Army murdered Jorge Antonio Mercado Alonso and Javier Francisco Arredondo Verdugo, two students from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The military identified the students as criminals and altered the crime scene to plant weapons on them.
In October 2013, a federal judge sentenced five soldiers involved in the murder of the young people to 90 years in prison.
After the appointment of Trevilla Trejo, the president-elect was questioned in her conference on September 9 if the general had any relationship in the case of the murdered young people, since he was head of communication at Sedena when the events occurred.
“I also checked that they did not have any history with the National Human Rights Commission, and they do not have any history, I am convinced that it has nothing to do with this case,” said Sheinbaum when questioned by a reporter about the incident.
He assured that all the division generals have more than 40 years of service in the Sedena.
“Most of the major generals participated in a previous government. In particular, General Trevilla today is responsible for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which was an area that was created with AMLO, he knows very well from the work of the Army, the National Guard, the works carried out by the Secretariat of National Defense, When talking to him, his profile convinced me,” said the next president.
During his career from junior officer to lieutenant colonel, Trevilla Trejo led section and squad units in cavalry regiments and served in General Staff in military areas, such as the border in Chiapas.
As a colonel and general, he has held positions as head of the Monitoring Group of the National Defense Staff, commander of the 16th. Motorized Cavalry Regiment. Currently, he is chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of National Defense.
He also carried out tasks outside the country as deputy military and air attaché in the Mexican embassies in Germany and Poland.
Among the decorations received are Military Merit in Band rank; Merit in the Campaign Against Drug Trafficking, and Perseverance. And a special recognition, for 45 years of uninterrupted service in the asset.
He also received the Mexican Legion of Honor and distinctions for his work in the application of the DN-III-E Plan for aid and rescue to the population and a Special Distinction for COVID-19, as well as the Bicentennial Prize of the Heroic Military College 1823-2023 .
