Ahmed Hatem Al Menhali, UAE Ambassador to Mexico, has participated in a ceremony marking the 170th anniversary of the Los Ninos Heroes, or Heroic Children, who lost their lives fighting for their country during the Mexican-American War.

The children were killed in the Battle of Chapultepec in Mexico in 1847.

The ceremony was attended by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a number of dignitaries, ministers, military officials, and ambassadors of countries accredited to the United States of Mexico.

Source: Wam