Mexican Politicians Slug It Out in Wild Brawl Over US Military Intervention Against Drug Cartels

Two senior Mexican politicians engaged in a heated debate where shoving took place and punches were thrown over the United States intervening in the country’s battle against drug cartels. It was not a pretty sight, but it was deeply revealing of the heightened tensions over the issue.

(Video Credit: LiveNOW from FOX)

President Trump has made it very clear that the US is coming for the cartels to stop their trafficking of killer drugs across our borders. Despite Mexico’s president being adamant that no American boots will be allowed on the ground in her country, she has expressed tentative support for going after the cartels.

Throw down in the Senate

The encounter between PRI leader Senator Alejandro Moreno and Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña of the ruling Morena party was livestreamed: punches, slaps, shoves, and all. The throwdown happened when Moreno stormed the lectern during the national anthem at the end of the session on Wednesday. He proceeded to grab Noroña and demand that he be given the floor.

“I’m asking you to let me speak,” Moreno shouted over and over while grabbing Noroña by the arm.

“Don’t touch me!” Noroña yelled. The two politicians began to violently shove each other back and forth, as other lawmakers attempted to break up the fight.

Moreno just would not stop – he kept pushing Noroña and then slapped him on the neck. Then he smacked cameraman Emiliano González González, who was trying to get between the two of them as chaos ensued, to the floor.

Another politician attempted to get in on the fight, yanking Noroña’s suit jacket and taking a swing at him. The Senate leader ran to escape the attacks.

From the New York Post:

The clash came after a tense debate, during which the Morena party and its allies accused PRI and PAN lawmakers of calling for US military intervention in Mexico, a claim the opposing parties denied.

Fernández Noroña told reporters afterwards he would call an emergency session on Friday and propose expelling Moreno, along with three other PRI lawmakers involved in the scuffle.

Moreno hammers Noroña

Moreno wasn’t having it and went on to accuse the Senate president of starting the fight via X:

Today in the Senate Chamber, what everyone saw happened, and it’s important to explain it clearly.

There was an approved agenda. Minutes before reaching the corresponding point, Morena changed it to their convenience to silence us and prevent the opposition from speaking out. Their obligation was to give me the floor, and they didn’t do it.

That cowardice provoked what came next. Let it be clear: the first physical aggression came from Noroña. He threw the first shove, and he did it out of cowardice. Morena broke the Chamber’s agreement, and Noroña was exposed in his baseness.

What happened is not an isolated incident or an accident: it’s part of Morena’s strategy to impose silence and control. That’s how their servile followers act, like Fernández Noroña, with shouts, tricks, and violence.

But they are mistaken with me. I don’t bend, I don’t back down, and I don’t let myself be pushed around. They have used the entire State apparatus to persecute me for raising my voice and pointing them out.

THEY ARE MISTAKEN, I DON’T LET MYSELF BE PUSHED AROUND!

When Noroña crossed the line, he knew perfectly well what he was provoking. They are very macho when they have power.

I will always respond head-on, with character and without fear, to defend Mexico and give it the direction it deserves.

And let them hear it well: the PRI is not going to stay silent, much less sit idly by. We are going to take to the streets, we are going to take Mexico with the strength of its people to demand that this cynical and corrupt government stop its abuses right now. We are going to show the power that they cannot silence the PRI or the people of Mexico.

Noroña blasts Moreno

Fox News is reporting that Noroña claims Moreno threatened to kill him.

“He hit me and told me ‘I’m going to break your mother, I’m going to kill you,’” Noroña said during a press conference, according to El País.

“They ganged up on me. They will say that this is freedom of expression,” he contended.

The cartels are laughing at this as corruption spreads

None of this Mexican Jerry Springer fighting solves what they are battling over concerning help from the US in going after the cartels.

From The Guardian:

The scuffle followed a tense debate during which the governing Morena party and its allies accused the opposition Pri and Pan parties of calling for US military intervention in Mexico, a claim that both parties denied.

Earlier this week, a senator from the Pan party had gone on Fox News and said that “help from the United States to fight the cartels in Mexico is absolutely welcome.”

Both sides accuse the other of corruption. Probably a good bet the leftist Morena party is definitely dirty.

Moreno faces possible impeachment proceedings for alleged corruption during his tenure as governor of the Campeche state from 2015 to 2019, according to CBS.

Noroña has been slammed for owning an expensive house at a time when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has urged public officials to live modestly, so as not to suggest corruption.

Mexico has been known forever for its corruption, especially when it comes to the cartels. Trump is offering them help on cleaning it up and making Mexican citizens safe again. Their politicians, however, are engaging in theatrics, and those on the Left are attempting to stop that help. That pretty much tells you everything you need to know, but it won’t stop Trump.

The US is en route to spank the cartels

Things have heated up in Venezuela after Trump deployed three warships to patrol waters around the drug-running country’s borders. In turn, Venezuela on Tuesday deployed warships and drones to patrol the country’s coastline in defiance of the US.

The US is likely to strike at the cartels in the fall. There is no definitive deadline yet, but the cartels should be getting nervous right about now. The President of the United States won’t be distracted from it.

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