Overview
- A video shows an intoxicated man groping President Claudia Sheinbaum near the National Palace, and Mexico City’s mayor says the suspect has been arrested.
- Sheinbaum has filed criminal charges and introduced a plan to align state statutes on sexual harassment and to improve reporting and investigations.
- The government initiative includes a public campaign urging women to report assaults and a promise of faster, more effective inquiries leading to arrests.
- Opposition leaders, including PRI’s Alejandro Moreno, claim the episode is being used to divert attention from political violence, with some suggesting it was staged.
- Advocates such as María de la Luz Estrada say the public skepticism exemplifies revictimization, as separate security concerns intensify after the killing of Uruapan’s mayor and calls grow to review presidential protection protocols.