Overview
- Attorney Carlos Torres Caro compared congressmembers to comedians Jorge Luna and Ricardo Mendoza, saying they filled Madison Square Garden by “saying the same nonsense as you,” triggering immediate backlash in the chamber.
- Third vice president Ilich López cut off the intervention and congressional leadership ordered Torres Caro expelled for violating decorum with offensive remarks.
- The confrontation unfolded in a session focused on whether to impose a 10-year inhabilitación on former president Pedro Castillo.
- Hours later, Jorge Luna posted an ironic Instagram response saying he did not know whether to feel offended or flattered and deriding the comparison as trash.
- Luna’s post drew thousands of reactions on social media, and Ricardo Mendoza had not issued a public response at the time of reporting.