EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The University of Texas at El Paso marked Mexico\u2019s fight for independence with an \u201cEl Grito\u201d celebration Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Centennial Plaza on the UTEP campus.<\/p>\n
UTEP\u2019s Student Engagement and Leadership Center invited students, faculty and staff to take part in the event, which commemorates the Mexican cry for independence. <\/p>\n
The tradition, originally called \u201cGrito de Dolores\u201d and now commonly known as \u201cEl Grito,\u201d is held annually in remembrance of the Mexican War of Independence, which began Sept. 16, 1810.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very important celebration because I was born here, but I was raised in Mexico. It\u2019s very important for my culture,\u201d said Genesis Melero, a student at UTEP.<\/p>\n
Special guests included Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de Le\u00f3n, consul general of Mexico in El Paso, along with a special presentation by the Escolta y Banda de Guerra of the Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez. <\/p>\n
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