The 2001 Mexican Chamber of Deputies bombing attempt (Spanish: ) was an attempted bombing that targeted the Mexican Chamber of Deputies on October 10, 2001. The attack was attempted by 34-year-old Israeli Special Forces colonel Salvador Gersson Smeck, along with another perpetrator.
Following a morning meeting between former sugar industry workers and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Beatriz Paredes, two individuals began photographing the group; this behavior and the way they photographed the workers (aiming their cameras below their belts), who had seen the men the day prior, frustrated the workers and demanded their identification.
The two individuals claimed to be press photographers. Unconvinced, the workers overwhelmed them, only to learn that they were equipped with firearms. A disturbance broke out, and a few workers alerted congressional security, who eventually broke up the disturbance and detained the two individuals while disarming them.