Overview

• During a plenary session, PRI Senator Claudia Anaya reported at least 50 National Guard members inside the Senate and alleged they had anti-riot gear.
• Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo said the presence was arranged in advance by the Junta de Coordinación Política as a security measure related to a planned pro-Palestine march near the building.
• Castillo stated that the personnel did not carry firearms and wore only protective vests.
• She explained that many of the National Guard members moved inside to shelter from rain and were positioned under stairs by an access near Parque Luis Pasteur, and she announced an inquiry into the circumstances.
• PRI leader Alejandro Moreno expressed concern about allegedly armed personnel despite the Senate president’s assertion that no weapons were present.