- Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s first female president, was groped and nearly kissed by a man while walking from the National Palace to the Education Ministry in Mexico City.
- The incident, which was caught on video, shows an intoxicated man putting his arm around Sheinbaum, touching her chest, and attempting to kiss her. The man, identified as Uriel Rivera, was quickly removed and later arrested.
- Sheinbaum filed a criminal complaint against the man, saying she felt a responsibility to do so for all women in Mexico.
- She called for sexual harassment and groping to be criminalized in all Mexican states and criticized media outlets that published images of the assault, calling it “re-victimization.”
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Files Charges After Street Groping Incident
