The meeting was cancelled this afternoon, citing new circumstances following US military aggression against Venezuela.

This article by Andrea Becerril originally appeared in the January 3, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. The Senate of the Republic suspended the extraordinary meeting of Committees scheduled for next Monday, the 5th, in which it was planned to authorize the entry into national territory of special forces of the United States Navy to participate in naval exercises and the departure of elements of the Mexican Navy to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for a similar exercise.

The Navy Commission, chaired by Morena senator Carlos Lomelí Bolaños, scheduled that meeting since the last week of December, since the intention was to have the two requests for entry and exit of troops, from President Claudia Sheinbaum, so that once approved, they could be voted on in an extraordinary session on the 13th of this month, but everything was canceled.

Senator Manuel Huerta Ladrón de Guevara, a member of the Navy Commission from the Morena party, reported that they were notified this afternoon that the meeting was postponed and that “this is an important fact to note,” given that the new circumstances following the US military intervention in Venezuela and the existing threats require “giving ourselves a reasonable amount of time to address this and other issues.”

Is that meeting scheduled for Monday the 25th still listed in today’s parliamentary gazette?

“We, the members of the Navy Commission, have already been informed that the meeting has been suspended, and I believe this is the most appropriate course of action given the current geopolitical situation. We will analyze the issue further to gather more information for our decision. We need to see how the situation develops; it’s always important to act deliberately and without haste.”

He did not want to specify whether the approval of the two permits is being completely cancelled, but in fact it is heading in that direction.

The presidential requests arrived at the Senate after the work of the previous ordinary session had already concluded on December 13, and given that naval training and instruction begins on January 18, it is necessary to convene that extraordinary session before that date.

Therefore, the president of the Navy Commission, Carlos Lomelí Bolaños, called for the extraordinary meeting on January 5, which would be semi-presential and in which the two opinions were to be approved, with a view to the extraordinary period being called in the session of the Permanent Commission, on the 7th of that same month, only in the Senate, since it is its exclusive power to approve the departure of troops from the country, as well as the entry of elements of the Army and Navy of other nations.

The federal executive requested authorization to allow the departure of troops from the Mexican Navy, in order to participate in the event called “Increasing the capacity of the Special Operations Unit”, which will take place from January 18 to March 13 of next year at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, United States.

Likewise, President Sheinbaum requests Senate approval to allow the entry into national territory of personnel from the Navy SEALs and the Seventh Special Forces Group of the United States Navy, to participate in the naval exercise called “Improving the Capability of Special Operations Forces”, to be held at three locations.

At the Headquarters of the Special Operations Unit in Donato Guerra, State of Mexico, at the Specialized Training Center of Marine Infantry (CENCAEIM), in Champotón and at the Naval Command of Ciudad del Carmen, both in Campeche.

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