
Mexico president Sheinbaum groped in the street, man arrested and charged
Global News
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated in her daily press briefing that she had pressed charges against the man who groped her in the streets of Mexico City.
Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who was caught groping her in the street while she was interacting with citizens in Mexico City.
Footage of the incident, which was taken on Tuesday while Sheinbaum was on her way back to the National Palace after attending an event at the Ministry of Public Education, shows a man approaching the Mexican president from behind and trying to kiss her neck and run his hands up and down her body.
In the video, Sheinbaum is seen grabbing the man’s hands and turning to face him as a security guard intervenes, steering the man away from the president.
On Wednesday, Sheinbaum stated in her daily press briefing that she had pressed charges against the man, adding that she felt it was her responsibility to inform victims of harassment that such behaviour would not be tolerated.
“I decided to file a complaint because this is something I experienced as a woman, and it’s something women in our country go through,” she told reporters.
“And my reflection is, if I don’t file a complaint — even though this is a crime — then what position does that leave all Mexican women in? If they do this to the president, then what will happen to all the young women in our country?” she added.
She also called on Mexican states to look at their laws and procedures to make it easier for women to report such assaults and said Mexicans needed to hear a “loud and clear ‘no’ … women’s personal space must not be violated.”
According to Sheinbaum, the man went on to harass other women along the same street.









