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Sheinbaum Marks Navy Anniversary in Veracruz With Call to Eradicate Corruption

She cast honesty as the foundation of national sovereignty.

Overview

  • At the Veracruz ceremony, she urged institutions and officials to reject superfluous luxuries and vowed firm sanctions against corruption, arguing that ill‑gotten money costs reputation.
  • She inaugurated the 1.5‑hectare Plaza del Heroísmo Veracruzano, a project exceeding 133 million pesos built with the Navy, ASIPONA and the Veracruz municipal government.
  • She publicly recognized Navy Secretary Adm. Raymundo Morales Ángeles and Defense Secretary Gen. Ricardo Treviño Trejo as leaders from the judiciary and Congress joined the event.
  • The Navy said the training ship Cuauhtémoc is sailing home from New York after repairs following the May 17 accident that killed two cadets.
  • Her message followed reporting on an internal Navy investigation in which two senior officers were detained over an alleged fiscal “huachicol” scheme.