Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum led a ceremony in Puerto de Veracruz that included a Plan Marina demonstration, unit abanderamientos, awards and a parade that mobilized a task force of 4,218 personnel on Oct. 4.
- Sheinbaum told the forces they will never receive orders to repress the people and said all military action must follow the Constitution, respect human rights and apply a rational use of force.
- The Secretary of the Navy, Raymundo Morales, reported this year’s international emergency deployments of 820 naval personnel and more than 4,000 tonnes of aid transported to Cuba and Venezuela aboard three vessels.
- The event highlighted institutional changes under the Fourth Transformation, including stronger female participation in the services and the Guardia Nacional’s framing as a humanist, rights‑focused security body.
- By pairing constitutional restraints with a public display of logistics and rescue capacity, the government sought to signal continued civilian control while making the Navy’s regional humanitarian role more transparent, a move likely to shape future debates about military tasks and oversight.