Mexico City lawmakers throw punches and yank hair in heated congress brawl over transparency institute

A statement successful Mexico City’s legislature descended into a brawl Monday arsenic lawmakers yanked hair, traded blows and shoved 1 different crossed the dais aft an absorption protestation implicit the city’s transparency institute erupted into chaos.

Video from wrong the enclosure showed the quality turning convulsive wrong seconds, with lawmakers lunging astatine each different arsenic others stood backmost and filmed the melee.

Reuters reported the combat broke retired during a statement implicit dissolving Mexico City’s transparency institute.

The clash began erstwhile 1 pistillate grabbed another’s hand, prompting the 2nd pistillate to yank her manus backmost and jab her successful the tummy with an elbow.

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A Mexico City statement implicit the city’s transparency institute erupted into a chaotic brawl arsenic lawmakers shoved, struck and filmed 1 another, forcing the league to move. (Mexico City Congress Handout)

The archetypal pistillate retaliated by striking her successful the back, past seized the different woman’s hairsbreadth arsenic the scuffle escalated.

A antheral stepped successful and tried to pry her manus loose, but much lawmakers rushed guardant arsenic shoving dispersed crossed the dais.

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A Mexico City statement implicit the city’s transparency institute erupted into a chaotic brawl arsenic lawmakers shoved, struck and filmed 1 another, forcing the league to move. (Mexico City Congress Handout)

Several women were seen pushing and grappling portion bystanders lifted phones to grounds the chaos.

Lawmakers from the absorption National Action Party had taken implicit the legislature podium to protestation the measurement astatine the halfway of the debate.

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Pictured: An Aerial presumption of Mexico City connected Sep. 8, 2016, Mexico. (Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)

The absorption accused Morena – the ruling enactment – of breaking an statement to make a caller transparency body, sparking the podium occupation.

The league unraveled arsenic shouting escalated, and rival groups clashed crossed the chamber.

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The gathering was yet suspended and relocated to different venue, truthful lawmakers could resume deliberations, section media reported.

Reuters contributed to this report.