The message said:

I have the honor to pay the highest tribute to the great Comrade Kim Jong Il on behalf of all the members of the Workers' Party of Mexico and on my own behalf on the occasion of February 16, very significant day marking the 73rd birth anniversary of Comrade Kim Jong Il, eternal general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The revolutionary career and undying revolutionary exploits of Comrade Kim Jong Il will last forever along with socialist Korea as he devoted himself to improving the living standard of the Korean people by energetically leading the revolutionary cause of Juche which started in Mt. Paektu, to defending peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia and ensuring the victorious advance of the global cause of socialism.

Availing myself of this opportunity, I most sincerely wish you great success in your noble work for wisely leading the Workers' Party and people of Korea in their struggle for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche and the global cause of independence.