Overview
- Video from Nov. 4 shows a man approaching Sheinbaum during a short walk in Mexico City’s Centro Histórico and touching her without consent as she headed from Palacio Nacional to the SEP.
- Sheinbaum submitted a written complaint to the Mexico City prosecutor’s office, and police later detained the suspect, identified in coverage as Uriel Rivera, who was reported to have harassed other women nearby.
- The president announced a national awareness campaign and directed a review of state laws to ensure street harassment is treated as a criminal offense across Mexico.
- Footage drew scrutiny of her security detail’s response, with the head of the presidential aides, Juan José Ramírez Mendoza, stepping in after the contact was made.
- Sheinbaum said she will keep close public interactions and criticized media use of images she called revictimizing, as businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego alleged without substantiation that the episode was staged.