US EditionFight breaks out between Mexican senate leaders as session ends
The altercation erupted after Senate President Noroña denied speaking time to opposition leader Moreno amid a contentious debate on U.S. military involvement against drug cartels.
- A fight broke out between two Mexican senators, Alejandro Moreno and Gerardo Fernandez Norona, during a plenary session in Mexico City.
- Moreno grabbed Fernandez Norona's arm as the session was ending, leading to shoving and Moreno knocking over a photographer.
- Fernandez Norona plans to call an emergency session to propose expelling Moreno and three other lawmakers for the fight.
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This Wednesday, a meeting of the Mexican Senate degenerated into violence. One of its members got angry, frustrated that they had not had the opportunity to speak.
Mexican senators exchanged blows on Wednesday following a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against drug cartels. The fight was led by the ruling party Senate leader, Gerardo Fernández Noroña, and his opposition colleague, Alejandro Moreno, who days earlier clashed verbally over drug trafficking accusations against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Moreno, of the minority PRI party, deno…
Wild brawl erupts between Mexican politicians over US military intervention against drug cartels
Shocking livestream video captured the explosive moment PRI leader Senator Alejandro Moreno stormed the lectern at the end of Wednesday’s session, and grabbed Mexican Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña of the ruling Morena party as he furiously demanded the floor.
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