Overview

• Claudia Sheinbaum expressed solidarity with Gerardo Fernández Noroña, saying videos clearly show an attack during the confrontation in the Senate.
• The president described a “media lynching” on social networks against Fernández Noroña and claimed that most critical posts came from bots.
• PRI leader Alejandro “Alito” Moreno rejected Sheinbaum’s remarks in a press conference, urging her to focus on governing and accusing Fernández Noroña of provocation.
• Moreno defended his conduct, criticized Fernández Noroña’s behavior toward Senator Lilly Téllez, and questioned the morenista’s associations with figures like Nicolás Maduro and Manuel Bartlett.
• Fernández Noroña published a letter alleging he was surrounded and assaulted by up to six PRI legislators while the national anthem was sung, and reports noted a Senate worker was also attacked.