Overview
- The state security secretary announced Nexus, an AI system for facial recognition, license-plate reading, and vehicle characteristic analysis to identify people and cars in real time.
- Rollout timing varies across briefings, with references to work beginning in March and operations starting in April 2026 ahead of the tournament.
- Coverage will focus on access routes to the Felipe Ángeles and Toluca airports and high-traffic destinations such as Valle de Bravo, Teotihuacán, and Ixtapan de la Sal.
- State briefings describe installation of about 5,000 AI-enabled cameras and 111 highway arches to expand monitoring across the State of Mexico.
- Officers will be able to run phone-captured photos against multiple databases for alerts on warrants, protection orders, or missing-person reports, and the software is presented as part of a security plan submitted to the federal government.