The brawl between senators Senators Alejandro 'Alito' Moreno and Gerardo Fernández Noroña came after a heated discussion over the presence of foreign troops.
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Tempers flared on Wednesday when two Mexican senators were embroiled in a brawl after one became outraged he was not given the chance to speak.
Alejandro 'Alito' Moreno Cárdenas, national leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and Gerardo Fernández Noroña, the President of the Senate and member of the Morena party, were seen brawling on the floor of Mexico's Senate in the country's capital.
The fight erupted when Moreno approached Noroña to complain he had not been given the floor after an intense debate concluded in which Morena and its allies accused opposition parties of supporting US military intervention in Mexico.
"I'm asking you to let me speak," Moreno can be heard saying in the video broadcast by Mexico's N+. "Don't touch me," Noroña responded.
Moreno can be seen grabbing at Noroña before the pair begin pushing and shouting at one another. At one point, an aide for Noroña was pushed to the floor after trying to intervene.
Both blamed the other for the violence, with Moreno posting a video on his X account claiming it was Noroña who started the aggression.
"That cowardice provoked what followed. Let it be clear: the first physical aggression came from Noroña," Moreno said, claiming the ruling party had changed the order of the day to prevent the opposition from speaking.
Noroña, for his part, claimed that Moreno started the aggression and that his aide would file a complaint for assault and damage caused to a cameraman's equipment as a result of the brawl.
Local media reported that Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum weighed in on the incident, telling a press conference that it was "regrettable that this happened."
The fight followed a heated debate during which the ruling Moreno party accused PRI and the opposition National Action Party (PAN) of calling for US military intervention in Mexico.