Overview

• Mérida held a civic mourning ceremony in Plaza Grande with participation from state police, CONAGUA, Navy, Army, Air Force, the National Guard under Plan DN-III, Civil Protection, medical regulators, Red Cross, paramedics and firefighters.
• As part of protocol, the X Military Region transferred the national flag from the Government Palace to the Plaza Grande for the ceremony.
• Yucatán’s secretary general of government, Omar Pérez Avilés, emphasized prevention, solidarity and a civil-protection culture, and thanked emergency personnel for risking their lives.
• Pérez Avilés announced that President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo would arrive in Mérida Friday night and lead a Saturday 8 a.m. event in Xmatkuil tied to her government report tour.
• In Ecatepec, Mayor Azucena Cisneros Coss led a memorial with the flag at half-mast and a minute of silence, urging immediate, skilled and empathetic emergency responses by municipal units including urban rescue, fire, marine task force and police divisions.