Overview
- A new Naval Operations Chief replaces the former General Staff, with Admiral José Manuel Salinas Pérez directing surface, air and marine infantry forces under the High Command.
- The Jefatura de Operaciones Navales consolidates planning, training and execution across nine naval regions, two fleets in the Gulf and Pacific, and 11 specialized sections including cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
- A Maritime and Ports Subsecretariat led by Admiral Gerardo de Jesús Toledo Guzmán now unifies the National Maritime Authority with the Ports and Merchant Marine unit to steer national maritime-port policy.
- Admiral Carlos Eduardo L’Eglise Escamilla was sworn in as Inspector and Comptroller General following a formal handover from Toledo Guzmán.
- SEMAR also stood up a Central Naval Region in Mexico City under Vice Admiral Daniel Escobedo Escobedo, with the changes grounded in the updated Organic Law and implemented at a ceremony on January 16.