Overview
- Lawmakers approved a promotions package for personnel in the Army, Air Force, National Guard and Navy.
- The measure passed with 97 votes in favor and four abstentions, according to the Senate tally.
- Under military law, the promotions are set to take effect on November 20.
- The Interior Ministry sent hundreds of files with less than 24 hours for review, prompting complaints of a fast-track process from Senator Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas of Movimiento Ciudadano.
- Reports differ on totals and female promotions: one account lists 314 overall with a 201–113 Sedena–Navy split and 18 women, another cites 201 approvals with 12 women, while critics cite the September arrest of Vice Adm. Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna in a fuel-tax fraud probe to urge stricter scrutiny.