US EditionMan touches Mexican president while she speaks with citizens in Mexico City streets
- While speaking in Mexico City’s historic downtown, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was touched by an unidentified man who appeared inebriated Tuesday before a government official intervened.
- Known for diving into crowds, Sheinbaum, like her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, frequently engages directly with crowds and citizens for selfies and handshakes, explaining why she was speaking in the street Tuesday.
- The man, appearing inebriated, leaned in for a kiss and touched Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, whose video shows her gently pushing his hands away saying `Don't worry.`
- In the footage, Sheinbaum's security detail was not immediately visible in the close-shot video Tuesday, and the president's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
- Amid a week focused on political violence, Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, met the mayor's widow Tuesday after the assassination of a mayor in Michoacán state.
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Almost half of all Mexican women have experienced sexual violence. Claudia Sheinbaum is no exception, as an incident in Mexico City shows.
A video was also made of the case.
President of Mexico Suffers Sexual Harassment in the Street: Subject He Groped and Tried to Kiss Her
The incident occurred on Tuesday, when Sheinbaum was on his way to the first national meeting of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education in the facilities of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), which is located in a few streets of the National Palace, so he decided to go on foot.As can be seen in shared videos on social networks, the president greeted the people who approached him and took photographs. Thus, without any security of…
The individual approached the president, hugged her and tried to kiss her in the neck, without her consent.
The man who harassed President Claudia Sheinbaum at the Historical Center of the CDMX was arrested in the vicinity of the Mining Palace. Authorities confirmed that the man, identified as Uriel Rivera Martínez, was arrested and referred to the Public Prosecutor for Sexual Offences in Mexico City after 9:00 p.m. According to sources, President Sheinbaum was the victim of a crime of flagrant sexual abuse, as defined by the Criminal Code for Mexico …
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