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Visa Challenge: Noroña Cites Fractured Hand, Accuses U.S. of 'Embassy' Against AMLO
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Visa Challenge: Noroña Cites Fractured Hand, Accuses U.S. of 'Embassy' Against AMLO

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña stated he cannot fulfill a challenge to tear up his U.S. visa due to a fractured hand.
  • He displayed his visa, asserting it has not been revoked by the Trump administration.
  • Noroña accused the right-wing, opposition, and the U.S. of orchestrating an attack against former President López Obrador and his family.

Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña declared he would not be able to accept a challenge to destroy his U.S. visa, citing a fractured hand as the reason he cannot perform the act. The senator from Morena was responding to a dare from PAN senator Lilly Téllez, who urged Morena legislators to surrender their visas in solidarity with Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of Mexico's former president.

I would tear it up right now, but I can't with one hand. So I will wait until I recover.

— Gerardo Fernández NoroñaExplaining why he could not immediately fulfill a challenge to destroy his U.S. visa.

During a session of the Permanent Commission, Fernández Noroña presented a "golden visa," which he described as lacking a name, photo, or official U.S. government seals. He used this as evidence that the administration under Donald Trump had not revoked his visa. Opposition senators from the PAN and PRI parties heckled him, shouting, "Tear it up, corrupt official, tear it up! We'll lend you scissors, let Malú Micher help you."

Tear it up, corrupt official, tear it up! We'll lend you scissors, let Malú Micher help you.

— PAN and PRI senatorsHeckling Senator Fernández Noroña during a session.

Fernández Noroña stated that he would not fall for provocations, emphasizing his commitment to defending the nation, its people, national independence, and sovereignty. He also condemned what he termed the "criminal interference" of the U.S. government against Cuba and the "illegal interference and theft of oil" against Venezuela.

What we do well is defend the homeland, defend the people, defend independence and national sovereignty, denounce the criminal interference of the United States government against the brotherly people of Cuba, denounce the illegal interference and the theft of oil against the brotherly people of Venezuela.

— Gerardo Fernández NoroñaStating his political priorities and condemning U.S. foreign policy.

The senator accused the right-wing, the opposition, and the United States of launching an offensive against former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), his son Andy, and all his children. He warned that the Mexican people would not permit any interference with their sovereignty.

The people will not permit any interference with sovereignty.

— Gerardo Fernández NoroñaWarning against foreign interference in Mexican affairs.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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