Overview
- Video from the Oct. 27 JUCOPO press event shows Gabriela Jiménez asking Jessica Saiden to yield the position beside Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch after Ricardo Monreal directed her there.
- Saiden refused to move in the clip, and Jiménez returned to inform Monreal, turning a brief exchange into the dominant takeaway from the event.
- On Tuesday, Monreal publicly mediated between the lawmakers on the chamber floor, jokingly dubbing them “batichicas” and attempting to stage a handshake as a show of unity.
- Jiménez later said the scene reflected JUCOPO protocol requiring coordinators or their representatives to flank the official, and she denied any personal rift with Saiden.
- Saiden had not issued a broader statement in multiple reports, as the viral moment drew attention away from Harfuch’s security updates, including his denial of attack rumors.