A debate inside the Mexican Senate escalated into physical assault when Alejandro Alito Moreno confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona after being denied a chance to speak. Videos show Moreno shoving and punching Norona, while the Senate leader defended himself and stepped back to avoid falls. Cameraman Emiliano Gonzalez Gonzalez was knocked down and required a neck brace after being attacked by Moreno and PRI member Carlos Gutierrez Mancilla. Morena representative Dolores Padierna attempted to intervene but avoided being hit. Shouts to stop the fight were heard in the chamber. Tensions rose earlier when PAN senator Lilly Tellez ratified calls for U.S. assistance against organized crime.
A debate inside the Mexican Senate ended with shoving and punching on Wednesday. Alejandro Alito Moreno, the national president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona at the close of the session. Videos show the leader of the upper house defending himself from the former's shoves, only to receive more blows. Alito Moreno also attacked one of Norona's aides, the cameraman Emiliano Gonzalez Gonzalez, who was fitted with a neck brace by medical services minutes later.
The tension had been growing throughout the afternoon after Moreno demanded to participate in the floor debate, but was denied the opportunity. When the session ended, he went up to the podium to complain. The Senate leader reminded him that they were singing the national anthem, and the senator maintained his composure until it was over. Afterwards came a heated confrontation: Moreno pushed and threw punches at the Senate president, who took steps backward to avoid the attacks.
In the midst of the scuffle, Norona was on the verge of falling, and the cameraman Emiliano Gonzalez Gonzalez was knocked down by Alito and another PRI member, Carlos Gutierrez Mancilla, who stepped forward and punched both him and the Senate president. Morena representative Dolores Padierna tried to intervene, but had to step aside to avoid being hit. Shouts to stop the fight could be heard in the Senate.
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