Overview
- Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla announced plans to modernize the Air Force with 10 multipurpose helicopters, one heavy transport aircraft and six long‑range remotely piloted aircraft.
- Trevilla described cooperation with the United States through Northern Command as solid and strong, citing shared values and respect for each nation’s sovereignty.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum urged the armed forces to guard Mexico’s sovereignty and highlighted the Air Force’s civil‑assistance missions at the Santa Lucía air base event.
- At the Marcha de la Lealtad a day earlier, the armed forces publicly reaffirmed loyalty to the president and vowed to defend national integrity, independence and sovereignty.
- Sheinbaum unveiled a plaque honoring cadet Gerardo Ríos Covarrubias and led a symbolic route echoing Francisco I. Madero’s 1913 journey to the Zócalo with top officials in attendance.