US EditionMexico President Sheinbaum presses charges after being groped on the street
- On Nov 4, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was approached in Mexico City's historic center by a man who allegedly put an arm around her shoulder and tried to kiss her neck while touching her hip and chest near the presidential palace.
- Like her predecessor, Sheinbaum often mingles directly with crowds as she frequently walks without heavy guards, exposing Mexico's long-standing street harassment problem women face daily.
- A security aide intervened, pulling the alleged aggressor away as bystanders recorded the encounter; Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada announced the man, who appeared under the influence, was arrested overnight.
- At her Wednesday press conference, Sheinbaum said, `I decided to press charges because this is something that I experienced as a woman, but that we as women experience in our country` and announced Mexico's government will review state laws to classify street harassment as a crime.
- The incident provoked national outrage as UN Women data show about 70% of Mexican women aged 15 and over face harassment, with feminist groups and Mexico's National Governors Conference voicing support.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Wednesday that she would file criminal charges against a man who groped and tried to kiss her while she was walking through the streets of the capital. The capital's mayor, Clara Brugada, said the man had been arrested.
‘Should be criminal offense’: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presses charges after street groping incident
Mexico City defines sexual harassment as "conduct of a sexual nature that is undesirable to the person who receives it" and is punishable by one to three years in prison. Not all States, however, consider sexual harassment a crime.
Man arrested after Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum groped on street
Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said yesterday that the harassment she suffered from a drunk man in the street near the country’s seat of government was an assault on all women and that is why she decided to press charges against him.
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