Mexico's Senate floor on Wednesday ended violently with representatives fighting over claims that the United States was secretly being involved to help the drug-torn country fight drug cartels. The fight started between Gerardo Fernández Noroña, the Senate president from the ruling left-wing Morena party, and Alejandro Moreno, the leader of the revolutionary opposition PRI party. Wednesday's fracas was a result of Morena accusing the PRI of asking the U.S. to intervene and bring in their military to help quell the activities of drug cartels - an accusation the opposition denies. After the debate and the end of the day's hearing, Alejandro walked up to Gerardo while others were singing the national anthem, and was talking about how he was not letting him speak. Video of their encounter showed Gerardo trying to walk away from the escalating argument with Alejandro, and Alejandro grabbing him back by the arm before pushing him off. He continued with his aggression and pushed down an aide who tried to separate them. Soon, it turned into a mini all-out, with another senator throwing a hit at the senate president. https://twitter.com/Rightanglenews/status/1961136863009222677?t=qtKBm2sj0PiKFVMgofdLeg&s=19 Gerardo would later say at a press conference that the opposition leader said he was going to beat him up and kill him. He added that an emergency session will he held on Friday and a motion to expel Alejandro and others involved in the brawl will be moved. Alejandro, on social media, said he would always respond head-on and without fear to defend Mexico, and that Gerardo and the ruling party were trying to silence the opposition by changing the order of proceeding at the last minute. Following Trump's quest to clamp down on the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico, he recently signed a directive that will authorize the US military to target and take out drug cartels and other criminals across Latin America. Following Trump's order, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said the drug cartels are now treated as terrorist organizations, and the US embassy in Mexico, in a statement, said they will use “every tool at our disposal to protect our people” from drug trafficking groups. However, Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum, said the idea of a U.S. invasion is completely off the table.