Overview

• The president led the closing and opening of courses at the Heroico Colegio Militar in Mexico City, reaffirming government support for the armed forces.
• She delivered a tribute to women in the Army, Air Force and National Guard, praising their expanded roles and achievements.
• She urged cadets to uphold honesty, discipline, loyalty, bravery and generosity as guiding values in service to the nation.
• Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla reported 15,585 personnel completed postgraduate and specialized training aligned with the National Guard plan, while outlets cited differing total graduate counts of 15,685 and 15,785.
• The system projects roughly 16,500 new entrants for 2025, with several thousand already enrolled including foreign cadets from Argentina, Brazil, China, South Korea and Guatemala, and 24 Horas separately reported—without independent confirmation—a new U.S.–Mexico security cooperation program following a meeting with Marco Rubio.