Yunes Linares strolled into the Senate chambers and was met with applause and chants of “hero!” by Morena senators and screams of “traitor!” from his own party. One PAN senator, Lilly Téllez, even threw dozens of coins at Yunes Linares, calling him a ”traitor who sold out his country” for his own benefit. A Senate vote was expected Wednesday. Yunes had challenged it and got a temporary suspension, calling it a political persecution by the governing Morena party, the same party his father now appears ready to support. A Yunes vote in favor would allow the ruling party to clear the biggest hurdle in making the proposal law.

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Persons: Yunes Linares, Lilly Téllez, Marko Cortés, Sen, Yunes Márquez, Yunes, Cortés, López Obrador —, — Organizations: PAN, Yunes Locations: Morena