Leftists lawmakers storm Mexico Congress

MEXICO CITY – Leftist lawmakers took over both chambers of Mexico’s Congress to protest President Felipe Calderon’s energy reform bill, which would make it easier for the state oil company to seek outside help to develop oil fields.

Legislators from the Democratic Revolution Party and two minor parties stormed the podiums and forced a recess in both the Senate and lower house of Congress. Some donned hard hats with the symbol of the state-owned oil company and shouted, “The country is not for sale!”


The bill’s opponents say it would leave state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex