Overview
- Lawmakers in a solemn session named the chamber used by the Permanent Commission the “Salón Ing. Heberto Castillo Martínez” and unveiled a commemorative bust inside the Senate.
- Secretary of the Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez attended on behalf of President Claudia Sheinbaum, alongside Attorney General Ernestina Godoy and Morelos governor Margarita González Saravia.
- Speakers highlighted Castillo’s dual legacy as a structural innovator who created the tridilosa—an efficient steel‑and‑concrete system—and as a voice for peaceful democratic change.
- Leaders from across parties praised his moral courage, with PAN’s Ricardo Anaya recalling how Castillo backed Luis H. Álvarez during a 1986 hunger strike despite their political differences.
- The bust’s plaque quotes Castillo’s line about love being stronger than class hatred, and his sons closed the ceremony with musical tributes with flutist Horacio Franco and singer Lore Aquino.