Scandals and Scuffles in the Mexican Senate

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Issue Aug 27-Sep 02 2025: On August 27, 2025, Senators Gerardo Fernández Noroña, from the ruling Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (Morena) bloc, and Alejandro Moreno, from the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), engaged in an embarrassing scene during which verbal confrontation ended in a physical clash, as they slapped at and shoved each other, as well as other members of the Senado. The violence was the climax of a legislative session marked by serious accusations. The ruling party majority accused the PRI and the conservative Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) of requesting a U.S. military intervention. What is more, the tussle unfolded after Fernández Noroña had been the center of chatter about a certain degree of “scandalous, unexplained enrichment.” Commentators and editorialists had thoughts.

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