Overview
- A state and municipal contingent launched the commemoration with a bando solemne from the Municipal Palace to the Casa Natal and Casa Sitio de Morelos, where officials rendered honors and signed the visitors’ book.
- Mayor Alfonso Martínez will deliver the official address at the civic act, a role he said was agreed in coordination with Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla.
- Attendance by President Claudia Sheinbaum, jointly invited by the governor and the mayor, remained unconfirmed on Tuesday morning.
- The procession was led by Martínez and state finance secretary Luis Navarro, accompanied by the University Montrer war band, before the act in Jardín Morelos.
- On Monday night, a mega concert headlined by Sonora Luz de Luna drew large crowds, and Martínez greeted attendees while previewing a unity-focused speech urging respect for differing views, institutions and free expression.