Heroic Military Academy ( Mexico ) The Heroic Military College ( official in spanish : Heroico Colegio Militar ) is a military educational institution founded in Mexico in 1823 in the former Palace of the Inquisition , under the name " Cadet Academy " taken in 1823 the name of " Colegio Militar " , settling in Perote , Veracruz , to return to Mexico City and occupied the Betlemitas monastery ( where today are the Interactive Museum of Economy and the Museum of the Mexican army and air force ) and from 1835 the building Recogidas ( which would then set Pino Suarez , destroyed by earthquake 1985 ) . Marine Cadets soon disassociated from the Military College where they founded the Military Naval School of Veracruz in 1897 . It is under the supervision of the Mexican Army and Air Force University and the Army Military Education General Directorate . History of the College . Foundation . Although as early as 1818 were plans for a military academy proposed , in would be only in 1822 when such plans materialized , with the efforts of Diego Garcia Conde , the ex - Spanish military officer then serving in the Mexican Army , for such an academy to be formed were approved by the Mexican Imperial Government , through the Imperial War Ministry . In the middle of the year , Emperor Agustin de Iturbide ordered that the Former Inquisition Palace Complex become the headquarters of the now newly founded Military College of Mexico , the Military Cadet Academy and the Engineers Training School , all under their first director , Brigadier Diego Garcia Conde . By the next year , through the orders of War Minister General Jose Joaquin de Herrera , the Military College of Mexico was relaunched as a separate academy with headquarters at San Carlos Fortress , in Perote , Veracruz state . In 1824 , in compliance with an order from President Guadalupe Victoria , 18 cadets of the now called " Perote Military College of Mexico " , through the permission of then college director Col . Juan Dominguez y Galvez , became the first cadets of the new " Naval Aspirants College " and the " Tlacotalpan Nautical School " trained to be the Mexican Navy ' s future ship officers . Early years . In 1828 , due to a campaign against secret societies and masonic lodges , Lt . Col . Manuel Montano ' s visit became the reason for the College ' s first loyalty act by the Corps of Cadets and its faculty , for their response to him was that the Military College should be exempted from the campaign due to the fact that no one in the College ' s cadet rosters were either secret society members nor Masons , and it turned into a national act of loyalty by the college cadets and faculty . As a result of this great deed , the College in March 1828 returned to Mexico City , first in the Bethelemitas convent and later in the Inquisition Palace Complex on July 1 . By then , it began to be recognized by every Mexican as the nation ' s premier military educational institution . The turmoil that sparked in the 1828 presidential elections took its toll on the College cadets . On September 11 , a rebellion led by Generals Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and Jose Maria Lobato denounced the election results ten days before , in which Manuel Gomez Pedraza emerged as the winner . Two months later , on November 30 , they together with Lorenzo de Zavala and Col . Santiago Garcia staged a coup d ' état that took over the La building demanding that the election results be voided by Congress . The same day , President Victoria called on the College cadets to proceed to the National Palace , and they fought on the side of the armed forces for 4 days until the fighting ended on December 4 , with a compromise reached by both sides . Class would resume later the next day . Political turmoil broke out again in 1840 . On July 13 of that year Gen . Jose Urrea bolted out of jail and led a rebellion against President Anastacio Bustamante , who was later imprisoned in the presidential residence . General Gabriel Valencia then ordered all troops loyal to the President to proceed at once to the city citadel . These included the cadets of the Military College under its then director Brigade General Pedro Conde , who was received by Gen . Valencia and sent a delegation of cadets to the citadel . The College delegation then moved to a church where they fought anti - Bustamante troops , which resulted in two wounded cadets ( Juan Rico and Antonio Groso ) , the former would later die of his wounds sustained . On the 16th President Bustamante left his residence and Gen . Vicente Filisola arrived at the church premises . On that night , when an armistice was made , the attempted coup was already over . The next year , it relocated to the Chalpultepec Castle in Mexico City . This castle would be , in 6 years time , during the Mexican War , a place where 5 cadets and an officer in the faculty died in defense of the Mexican nation , and it would gain the " Heroic " designation . After a few years , the College relocated to the Inquisition Palace and later to San Lucas . In 1846 , the College ' s only naval director , Graduate Ship Captain Francisco Garcia began his duties as College Commandant , a duty lasting until 1847 . A sudden rebellion by the Corps of Cadets happened during his tenure . The Niños Héroes . The following year , under the first term of commandant Col . José Mariano Monterde Segura , the Mexican – American War struck Mexico City and the cadets caught up in the turmoil of the war . September 11 was marked by the baptism of fire yet again for the Corps : the battles on the Condress ' Estate . On September 13 on that year the College became the site of the battle that changed it forever : the Battle of Chapultepec between the Mexican Army , including the College cadets , and the United States Army and United States Marine Corps . On the part of the College 5 cadets of the Corps of Cadets - Cadets Juan Escutia ( who legend states committed suicide by jumping to the hill wrapped in the Flag of Mexico ) , Agustin Melgar , Francisco Marquez , Fernando Montes de Oca , and Vicente Suarez , and one active graduate and faculty member , Engineers Lieutenant Juan de la Barrera , were its greatest losses ( most of the Corps were killed in action during the battle ) , with the rest taken as POWs or wounded . The 6 fatalities of the College are now known more in Mexico as the Niños Héroes today , and their sacrifices remembered on that day yearly all over the nation . 1857 - 1920 . In 1858 , during the term of Commandant Colonel Luis Tola Algarín , the College moved its facilities to the former Church of Sts . Peter and Paul in Mexico City . During the Reform War the same year the Corps of Cadets was involved in a clash with the forces of Gen . Miguel Blanco on October 15 in Toluca . Casualties suffered by the cadets and instructors in this and subsequent actions caused the closure of the College in 1861 . The College was reopened in 1867 . Located first in the National Palace the College was moved to various locations before returning to the Chapultepec Castle in 1882 . Formerly a joint services institution , the College became an academy for the Mexican Army only in 1897 , following the establishment of the Military Naval School in Veracruz . On 8 February 1913 the 600 cadets of the Military College played a major part in the coup against President Francisco Madero . A detachment of cadets , acting on the orders of Deputy Commandant Lieutenant Colonel Víctor Hernández Covarrubias , did however escort President Madero from Chapultepec Castle to the National Palace on the following day . Termed the " Loyalty March " , this action is still marked by an annual parade by the Corps of Cadets , attended by the present - day President of Mexico and his Cabinet . Following the overthrow of General Victoriano Huerta in July 1914 and the disbandment of the Federal Army , the College was closed . It was reestablished in February 1920 following the end of the Mexican Revolution . The same year , the cadets of the cavalry squadron were involved in what has been termed " the final cavalry charge in the Americas " . This occurred on May 8 , when on the orders of Colonel Rodolfo Casillas the cadets acted in support of regular army dragoons under attack by rebel forces in Apizaco , Tlaxcala . In another engagement two days later a cadet was killed in action . The College from 1947 to today . In 1947 The Military College celebrated the centenary of the Corps of Cadets ' participation in the Battle of Chapultepec . In 1949 , the Congress of the Union formally conferred the designation of " Heroic " designation to both the Corps and to the Naval Military Academy : the latter for its role in resisting the United States occupation of Veracruz in 1914 . To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Heroic Military College ( 1820 - 1970 ) , 1 oz silver coins were minted by the Central Bank . In addition stamps featuring two Military College shako s were printed by the Government of Mexico , A special issue of stamps also commemorated the Golden Jubilee of " the final cavalry charge in the Americas " ; carried out by the cavalry cadets of the college in 1920 ( see above ) . In 1976 , the College ' s present campus in Tlalpan Borough , Mexico City , was formally opened . Today , the commandant of the academy is Brigade General Sergio Alberto Martínez Castuera . The school was used as a setting for Luis Miguel ' s 1989 music video " La Incondicional " . In the video he plays an Air Force cadet . In a marching scene towards the end of the song one can see the " Por el Honor de Mexico " banner . Perote , the second home of the Military College , has been dubbed by the Veracruz State Congress as " The Cradle of the Military College " since 2002 . From 2007 , the academy has accepted female cadets . The present Corps is regiment - sized and has among its units a cavalry squadron and an artillery battery . Motto and Collegiate Slogan . " Por el Honor de Mexico " ( " For Mexico ' s Honor " ) is the college motto , made in a contest organized by radio station XEQ in commemoration of the centenary of the defense of Chalpultepec Castle in 1947 . Every midday , after the afternoon ceremony and before the midday parade , the following cheer is done by the Corps of Cadets : Collegiate Hymn and March . Hymn of the Heroic Military College . The Hymn of the Heroic Military College was composed in 1930 by Prof . José Ignacio Ríos del Río . Lyrics . Spanish < br > " Chorus " < br > Vibre el clarín de la guerra , resuenen las fanfarrias < br > Redoblen los tambores , una marcha triunfal < br > Y lleven de la Patria a todos los confines < br > Tu nombre sacrosanto , < br > Colegio Militar < br > Tu nombre sacrosanto , < br > Colegio Militar I < br > Colegio sacrosanto , de memoria bendita < br > de forjaran sus almas , Montes de Oca y Melgar < br > La Patria bate marcha de honor a tu pasado , < br > de epopeyas gloriosas y de nombre inmortal . Y en un gesto sublime de amor y de cariño , < br > bendice a los efebos que supieron morir < br > bañados por las ráfagas de luz espendorosa < br > que el ángel de la gloria enviara del cenit . " Repeat Chorus " March of the Heroic Military College . The Regimental March was composed by Lieutenant José Sotero Ortiz Sánchez , in time for the College ' s 1947 centenary of the Battle of Chapultepec . Lyrics . Spanish < br > Páginas del libro de la historia del Heroico Colegio Militar < br > de epopeyas que ya jamás se borran del santuario de la inmortalidad . < br > Canto que se eleva a la memoria como ofrenda de honor a la lealtad < br > de los héroes que envueltos por la gloria grandioso ejemplo que nos dio la libertad . < br > " Repeat All " Juventud de mi patria sublime , que marcháis con gallarda ilusión < br > aumentáreis la historia que escribe nobles hechos de sangre y honor . < br > Yunque forjador de hombres de guerra como Suárez , Escutia y Melgar , < br > Montes de Oca , Márquez y De la Barrera , los niños héroes de mi México inmortal ! < br > " Repeat All "