Mexican lawmakers fight and pull hair during heated congressional debate

Mexican lawmakers were filmed pushing and pulling hair on the floor of Congress Mexico City on Monday

The viral video shows women legislators of rival parties fighting for position at a podium in front of the camera. The women’s argument grows from shouting to pushing and finally to pulling each other’s hair while other legislators try to intervene.

The scene took place during the debate on reforms to Mexico City’s transparency watchdog agency. Members of the right-wing National Action Party (PAN) protested the conduct of the left-wing Moreno Party, which is in control.

The representatives of the PAN held their position at the podium while the members of the Moreno Party tried to remove them, leading to the scuffle. Both parties have condemned the violence after the incident, but blamed his opponents for starting it.

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Mexican lawmakers were filmed pushing and pulling hair on the floor of Congress in Mexico City on Monday, December 15, 2025. (Mexican Government)

“We took the podium in peace, without touching anyone, and the decision taken by the majority legislative group and its allies was to try to regain control of the court through violence,” PAN assistant Andres Atayde said in a press conference after the incident, according to a translation by the Economic Times.

“It is not only vulgar, it is not only aggressive, but it is regrettable that this is the majority governing party of this city,” added PAN deputy Daniela Alvarez.

Mexican lawmakers from rival parties were captured on viral video pushing and pulling hair during a heated debate over transparency reforms in Mexico City’s Congress on Monday, December 15, 2025. (Mexican Government)

Morena’s spokesman, Paulo Garcia, made similar statements about the conduct of PAN lawmakers.

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“What worries us a lot is how the opposition systematically resorts to violence instead of arguments, in the absence of being able to debate,” Garcia later said in an interview with Mexican media.