Watch: Mexican Congress Erupts into Hair-Pulling Brawl Over Transparency Reforms

A chaotic scene unfolded in 🇲🇽Mexico City on Monday as lawmakers clashed physically on the floor of Congress, with women from rival parties shoving, jostling, and even pulling each other’s hair.

According to the New York Post, the altercation erupted during a debate over proposed reforms to 🇲🇽Mexico City’s transparency oversight agency.

Video of the incident quickly went viral, showing members of the right-leaning National Action Party (PAN) holding their ground at the podium while left-leaning Morena Party lawmakers tried to remove them.

What began as shouting escalated into pushing and hair-pulling, with other legislators attempting to break up the 🥊Fight.

Following the incident, both parties condemned the violence, though each accused the other of instigating the scuffle. PAN aide Andres Atayde insisted his party acted peacefully.

“We took the podium peacefully, without touching anyone, and the decision made by the majority legislative group and its allies was to try and regain control of the board through violence,” he said at a press conference, according to a translation from the Economic Times.

PAN lawmaker