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Uproar in Senate Over Uruapan Mayor’s Killing as Téllez Berates Fernández Noroña

The clash underscored divisions over how to confront violence in Michoacán.

Overview

  • PAN senator Lilly Téllez shouted insults and demanded Gerardo Fernández Noroña “cry for Carlos Manzo,” invoking his recent Gaza trip during a heated floor exchange.
  • Senate president Laura Itzel Castillo cut Téllez’s microphone after repeated calls for order as the session descended into shouting.
  • Fernández Noroña used a megaphone to speak and accused opponents of “carroñero” political use of the assassination, also attacking businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego over unpaid taxes.
  • PRI and PAN lawmakers chanted in tribute to the slain Uruapan mayor, while Morena responded with slogans backing President Claudia Sheinbaum, and opposition senators displayed symbolic props.
  • Téllez pressed for a “war” on organized crime and the PRI’s Manuel Añorve urged Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla to resign, but no policy action was approved.