Overview

• The PAN complaint will name Senator Anahí González (Morena) and Deputy María José Osorio (PVEM) as responsible for forcing two horses to ride in temperatures above 40 °C, causing them to collapse from dehydration.
• Deputy Ernesto Sánchez Rodríguez accused state and municipal Civil Protection agencies of negligence and is demanding the appearance of Quintana Roo’s Civil Protection chief before the state congress.
• Two horses collapsed during a 13-kilometer cabalgata in Playa del Carmen honoring the Virgen del Carmen, an event held without on-site veterinary support under direct sun.
• Under Mexican animal welfare statutes, PROFEPA can impose administrative or financial sanctions for cruelty to sentient beings, and the PAN caucus is seeking exemplary penalties.
• The episode has intensified political tensions between PAN and the ruling 4T coalition and revived environmental criticism of projects such as the Tren Maya for damaging ecosystems.