Noroña attacks Colosio Riojas, accuses him of lying and criticizes his record as Monterrey mayor

Gerardo Fernández Noroña launched a sharp attack on Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, calling the Movimiento Ciudadano legislator “inconsistent and contradictory” in his criticism of Morena.

During his customary video chat, the Morena senator pointed to Colosio Riojas's call for clarification of the murders of Carlos Manzo and his father. Noroña said that contrast showed the scale of what he described as the legislator's contradictions.

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inconsistent and contradictory

Noroña also dismissed Colosio Riojas's record as mayor of Monterrey, Nuevo León, calling his administration “a disaster.” He challenged Colosio Riojas's statement that he was born in Magdalena de Kino, saying he was registered there and had the right to run for governor, but had not been born there.

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It was a disaster as mayor of Monterrey.

The senator described Colosio Riojas as ambitious and said he had not won a majority to reach the Senate. He added that Dante Delgado brought him into Movimiento Ciudadano because he understood the value of the Colosio name, but advised the party to keep him silent because, in Noroña's view, “every time he speaks, you see what he is.”

Colosio Riojas had criticized the Morena government during a Sept. 1 congressional session marking President Claudia Sheinbaum's second government report. He said corruption that Morena had promised to eliminate remained alive after eight years in power, while wasteful spending had merely changed hands.

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Every time he speaks, you see what he is.