Overview

• Opposition lawmakers forced quorum in the Chamber of Deputies and approved updated university financing by 158 votes to 75, one short of the two-thirds needed to block a presidential veto.
• The measure now advances to the Senate, where President Javier Milei is expected to veto it, fueling weekly protests by disability groups, pensioners, students and health workers outside Congress.
• Federal and city forces including the PFA, Gendarmería and Prefectura Naval, backed by police of the City, maintained a heavy security perimeter and used water cannons and tear gas during clashes that injured journalists and demonstrators.
• In Mexico City’s Permanent Commission, PAN senators employed megaphones to demand hearings on espionage allegations and organized-crime ties, while PT’s Gerardo Fernández Noroña countered with empty tea-box gifts to underscore the standoff.
• Morena’s Andy López Beltrán denied using private or military flights for his Japan trip and paid his own expenses, and Senator Adán Augusto López Hernández rejected any links to criminal networks, both vowing to respond to formal summons if issued.