Key Highlights
- Video from inside the chamber showed the dispute turning violent within seconds, with lawmakers lunging at each other as others stood back and filmed the melee. Reuters reported the fight broke out during a debate over dissolving Mexico City’s transparency institute.
- The clash began when one woman grabbed another’s hand, prompting the second woman to yank her hand back and jab her in the stomach with an elbow.
- CONGRESS MELTS DOWN: MEMBERS UNLEASH PERSONAL ATTACKS AFTER WEEKS OF SHUTDOWN DRAMA A Mexico City debate over the city’s transparency institute erupted into a chaotic brawl as lawmakers shoved, struck and filmed one another, forcing the session to move.
- (Mexico City Congress Handout) The first woman retaliated by striking her in the back, then seized the other woman’s hair as the scuffle escalated. A man stepped in and tried to pry her hand loose, but more lawmakers rushed forward as shoving spread across the dais.
- HOUSE DEM CRASHES MIKE JOHNSON PRESS EVENT AS TENSIONS ERUPT OVER SHUTDOWN A Mexico City debate over the city’s transparency institute erupted into a chaotic brawl as lawmakers shoved, struck and filmed one another, forcing the session to move.
