US EditionGroping of President Claudia Sheinbaum Spotlights Violence Against Women in Mexico
President Claudia Sheinbaum filed a complaint after being groped in public, highlighting Mexico's ongoing issues with gender-based violence and femicides, which numbered 821 in 2024.
- On Wednesday, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum filed a complaint over Tuesday's assault while walking between the National Palace and the Ministry of Education; Uriel Rivera was arrested at 9pm on Tuesday.
- Mexico recorded 821 femicides in 2024 and 501 through September this year, with sexual harassment laws in about half of Mexican states highlighting ongoing gender‑based violence and uneven protections.
- Video shows a middle-aged man putting his arm around Claudia Sheinbaum, touching her chest and attempting to kiss her; she moved his hands away before a member of Sheinbaum's staff intervened, and Sheinbaum said he appeared drunk.
- Sheinbaum called for tougher laws and asked Mexico's Women's Ministry to review state codes, urging sexual harassment as a criminal offence and saying `The use of the image is also a crime`.
- The episode prompted scrutiny of Sheinbaum's security detail as like former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, she travels with minimal security and feminist activists criticize her record on violence against women.
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Attacked by a man during a meeting on the street, Claudia Sheinbaum reacts and relaunches: "No one can violate the space of a woman." Announced a revision of the laws against harassment.
Man Gropes Mexican President, Tries To Kiss Her As She Speaks To People
In a disturbing video that has now gone viral on the internet, a man groped Claudia Sheinbaum, the President of Mexico, and even tried to kiss her before a member of the presidential security intervened.
On Tuesday, November 4, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum was groped and a stranger tried to kiss her as she walked down the street. A bodyguard dragged the man away...
Groping of President Claudia Sheinbaum spotlights violence against women in Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday she had filed a complaint against a man who groped her and tried to kiss her. Video of the incident went viral before being taken down by some accounts, underscoring for many in Mexico the insecurity women face in a country steeped in machismo and gender-based violence.
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