Overview
- Video from Tuesday shows a man who appeared intoxicated trying to kiss Claudia Sheinbaum and touching her as she gently pushed his hands away and said, “Don’t worry.”
- Security personnel took several seconds to intervene before Juan José Ramírez Mendoza, who leads the General Directorate of Aides-de-Camp, stepped between the man and the president.
- State police confirmed the man was arrested after the incident, which unfolded in the historic downtown near government buildings.
- The encounter has intensified questions about the presidency’s limited visible protection, a practice continued from Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s approach, as officials reassess risks following Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo’s killing.
- Women’s agencies condemned the harassment and cited widespread street aggression against women, while Sheinbaum’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.