On June 1, Mexico will honor those who make their living on the sea, an important celebration in our seaport. This year, President Felipe Calderón will visit Guaymas to help celebrate Navy Day.
On June 1, Mexico will honor those who make their living on the sea, an important celebration in our seaport. This year, President Felipe Calderón will visit Guaymas to help celebrate Navy Day.
In anticipation of President Calderón’s arrival, thousands of soldiers and police officers are now in Guaymas and San Carlos.
Starting today, the north and south of Guaymas will have a military presence and, if necessary, discrete filters installed by the Federal Preventative Police, also from today, will be enhanced by the presence of about 80 elements from the capital.
The schedule for the President on Wednesday, June 1 is as follows:
- 10:00am: President Calderón arrives in Guaymas and goes to the Cruise Terminal to board the boat, Usumacinta.
- 10:30am: Ceremony in tribute to fallen sailors.
- 11:05am: Mock attack on six patrol boats with six helicopters. There will be missiles, 70mm rockets and gunfire.
- 12:35pm: President Calderón will go by helicopter to the new Sports Complex to inaugurate it.
- 1:10pm: the President will be landing on Miguel Alemán Boulevard, to formally open Expomar (video on Expomar).
- Then, the Navy Day ceremony will start with the participation of the Secretary of the Navy, Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, who will deliver a brief history of the event. The President is scheduled to deliver a 12 to 14 minute speech.
- At the end of the ceremony, President Calderón will go to the San Jose Bypass to formally open it.
