Investigative journalist María Idalia Gómez revealed exclusively that changes are being prepared at the highest levels of command of the Mexican Armed Forces, including the National Defense Subsecretariat and the National Guard. These movements, she said, have already been approved by the United States Northern Command and have taken into account the opinion of the Southern Command. Gómez explained in 'Aristegui en Vivo' that these adjustments are part of an internal reconfiguration similar to that recently observed in the Navy and will reach strategic positions within the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena). She pointed out that Division General of the General Staff Guillermo Briseño Lovera, current commander of the Third Military Region, would be appointed to a new high-level position, a move that she said “will surprise many” due to his previous career in states like Sinaloa and Durango. According to the journalist, these changes include the modification of the Defense Subsecretariat, a position she described as key due to its operational and political weight within the Army. She indicated that the decision responds, among other factors, to the concentration of administrative functions that were previously distributed in three main offices linked to Sedena, the Air Force, and the National Guard. Gómez maintained that the objective of this restructuring is to close spaces for corruption within the Armed Forces and strengthen institutional reliability before the United States. “It has been a proposal that arrives from the Secretary of Defense to the president,” she affirmed, although she insisted that the profiles of the new commanders were reviewed and accepted by U.S. military instances. In this context, the journalist stressed that it is not a foreign military intervention, but an active participation of the United States in decisions related to Mexico's internal security. We are talking about direct participation in decision-making and actions. Finally, she warned that these movements are part of a broader dynamic of cooperation and pressure on security matters, which includes demands for internal purification. In addition, she said, of greater coordination in intelligence and combating criminal groups, without the official Mexican discourse having so far managed to dispel the uncertainty about the scope of this participation.
