Brawl erupts in Mexico’s senate after debate over US military intervention to fight drug cartels

Alejandro ‘Alito’ Moreno and Gerardo Fernández Noroña grabbed and shouted at each other over the presence of foreign troops

Mexico’s senate devolved into violence this week as two of the country’s top politicians shoved, grabbed and shouted at each other after a heated discussion over the presence of foreign troops.

Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, head of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary party (Pri), grabbed at Gerardo Fernández Noroña, the senate president from the ruling Morena party, after lawmakers finished singing the national anthem to mark the end of the day’s session on Wednesday.