{"id":44805,"date":"2025-08-28T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/senators-in-mexico-come-to-blows-after-heated-debate-over-u-s-military-intervention-against-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:14:28","slug":"senators-in-mexico-come-to-blows-after-heated-debate-over-u-s-military-intervention-against-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/senators-in-mexico-come-to-blows-after-heated-debate-over-u-s-military-intervention-against-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators in Mexico come to blows after heated debate over U.S. military intervention against drug cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-military-to-target-latin-american-drug-cartels-source-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">intervene militarily<\/a><\/span> against drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmaker Alejandro Moreno, leader of the opposition PRI party, went to the podium as Wednesday&#8217;s session ended and angrily confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, for not being given the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno can be seen in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenadoMexico\/posts\/pfbid02TADoBD88RXLTQQgRipcyLNMkiVUjeB8Kt5ofiBAXZKq86gv5avxVyDRyMLApH6jfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video posted on social media<\/a> by Mexico&#8217;s Senate pushing Fernandez Norona several times, slapping him on the neck and pushing another man to the ground when he tried to intervene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/28\/570b8336-0947-4e85-99e1-5630316ff262\/thumbnail\/620x409\/fcd3ef6c3f37c0e8197afc1d3cad5a83\/gettyimages-2231699814.jpg#\" alt=\"MEXICO-POLITICS-PARLIAMENT \" height=\"409\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/28\/570b8336-0947-4e85-99e1-5630316ff262\/thumbnail\/620x409\/fcd3ef6c3f37c0e8197afc1d3cad5a83\/gettyimages-2231699814.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/28\/570b8336-0947-4e85-99e1-5630316ff262\/thumbnail\/1240x818\/f4c6d83db6da61aaa1c75d6a05933bf5\/gettyimages-2231699814.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Senator Alejandro Moreno (L) of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) scuffles with Senator Gerardo Fernandez Norona of the National Regeneration Movement Party (Morena) during a session of the Permanent Commission of the Senate in Mexico City on August 27, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                STRINGER\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The brawl followed a heated debate during which the opposition PRI and PAN were accused of calling for U.S. military intervention, a claim that both parties deny.<\/p>\n<p>Norona said later he would file a complaint against Moreno for bodily harm and request that his legislative immunity be revoked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The debate could be very harsh, very bitter, very strong&#8230; today when (opposition legislators) are exposed for their treason, they lose their minds because they were exposed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-facebook-post embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/facebook-sdk\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenadoMexico\/posts\/pfbid02TADoBD88RXLTQQgRipcyLNMkiVUjeB8Kt5ofiBAXZKq86gv5avxVyDRyMLApH6jfl\" data-width=\"552\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064318854435\/posts\/1233666838787266\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Los legisladores integrantes de la Comisi\u00f3n Permanente entonaban el Himno Nacional de la \u00faltima sesi\u00f3n, cuando con el&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenadoMexico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Senado de la Rep\u00fablica<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064318854435\/posts\/1233666838787266\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wednesday, August 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Moreno accused Norona of initiating the attack, saying on social media platform X: &#8220;He was the one who started the attack; he did it because he couldn&#8217;t silence us with arguments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The first physical aggression came from Norona,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alitomorenoc\/status\/1960827202842583197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moreno wrote on X<\/a>. &#8220;He threw the first shove, and he did it out of cowardice.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Both senators are involved in separate controversies.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno faces possible impeachment proceedings for alleged corruption during his tenure as governor of Campeche state from 2015 to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Norona has been criticized over reports that he owns an expensive house at a time when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has urged public officials to live modestly.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump targeting Latin American drug cartels<\/h2>\n<p>President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-military-to-target-latin-american-drug-cartels-source-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">to use military force<\/a><\/span> against Latin American drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News earlier this month. It&#8217;s not clear if or when the military could take action.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Mexico stressed that it &#8220;would not accept the participation of U.S. military forces on our territory.&#8221; Earlier this month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-president-no-invasion-trump-targeting-cartels-military-force\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">insisted<\/a><\/span> that there would be &#8220;no invasion of Mexico.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In February, the Trump administration\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/feds-use-new-terrorism-designation-to-charge-mexican-cartel-member\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">designated<\/a><\/span>\u00a0eight drug trafficking groups as terrorist organizations. Six are Mexican, one is Venezuelan, and the eighth originates in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this month the administration could use the designations to &#8220;target&#8221; cartels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It allows us to now target what they&#8217;re operating and to use other elements of American power, intelligence agencies, the Department of Defense, whatever &#8230; to target these groups if we have an opportunity to do it,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;We have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations, not simply drug dealing organizations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela on Tuesday <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-deploys-warships-us-sends-destroyers-region\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deployed warships<\/a><\/span> and drones to patrol the country&#8217;s coastline after the United States\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a 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