Overview

• The president led the 204th anniversary ceremony of the Armada de México, framing defense of sovereignty around honor, loyalty, duty, patriotism and honesty.
• She called corruption a betrayal that must be firmly sanctioned and urged public servants to reject superfluous luxuries and live with rectitude.
• Her message came in the context of an internal Navy probe into a large huachicol fiscal scheme, with recent detentions of senior officers including Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna.
• She inaugurated the Plaza del Heroísmo Veracruzano in the port area, a project reported at more than 133 million pesos developed with Semar, ASIPONA and the Veracruz municipality.
• Navy Secretary Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles said the training ship Cuauhtémoc is returning to Mexico after repairs in New York following the May accident that killed two cadets.