Overview

• Claudia Sheinbaum presided over the 178th anniversary ceremony, conducting the honor roll call, laying a floral offering, mounting a guard of honor, and presenting espadins to six cadets.
• Leaders of the Legislature and Judiciary attended alongside the defense and navy chiefs, signaling institutional engagement across the three branches of government.
• Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla Trejo declared that Mexico’s sovereignty is a sacred bulwark to be defended even with one’s life, while extending a public salute to the Navy.
• Cadet Laura Citlalli Miranda García urged youth to choose education, sports, culture and the arts over drugs and crime, noting the president’s example for women.
• Parallel commemorations in states and municipalities, including the State of Mexico, Tamaulipas, Morelia, Hermosillo and Coyoacán, featured guards of honor, salutes and civic-military tributes, as Supreme Court President Hugo Aguilar later expressed respect for Deputy Kenia López after a brief protocol flap.