Overview
- During a plenary marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Martha Aracely Cruz denounced Cuauhtémoc Blanco after he responded to her rebuke by blowing a hand kiss.
- From her seat, the PT legislator called the gesture a form of symbolic and sexual violence that sought to ridicule and disempower her.
- Chamber president Kenia López Rabadán confirmed the complaint’s receipt and sent it to the Ethics Committee, which will evaluate it under the body’s procedures.
- Cruz criticized parts of the media for revictimizing her by trivializing the encounter and normalizing sexist narratives.
- Blanco, a former Morelos governor and ex-footballer, has previously been accused by the state prosecutor of attempted rape involving his sister, a backdrop referenced in reactions to the incident.