Mexico's senate erupted into violence after an opposition party leader grabbed the chamber's president as the session was wrapping up.
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Alejandro Moreno, head of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary party, moved towards the senate president, Gerardo Fernandez Noroña, of the ruling Morena party, as lawmakers were singing the national anthem to mark the end of the day's hearing. The fight broke out after a 'difficult debate' about the presence of armed forces from other countries in Mexico, Fernandez Noroña later told a press conference
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