Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum presided over the ceremony at the Altar a la Patria and led the roll call for the six Niños Héroes on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
- Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla used his remarks to say Mexico has strong institutions to preserve sovereignty and to pledge the armed forces’ loyalty to the republic.
- Cabinet members, senior judges and legislators, and top military and naval officers attended the event, which featured a cadet gun salute and formal honors for the fallen.
- A single news outlet published an alternative account claiming Miguel Miramón fought at Chapultepec and later became president; that interpretation was not corroborated by other reporting.
- The ceremony recalls the 12–13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, in which official records note roughly 832 Mexican defenders faced more than 7,000 U.S. attackers and about half of the Colegio Militar cadets stayed to fight.