Overview
- Mexico City authorities arrested the man seen groping President Claudia Sheinbaum, and she has filed a criminal complaint.
- Sheinbaum presented a plan to harmonize state laws on sexual harassment, encourage reporting through a public campaign, and improve the speed and quality of investigations.
- Opposition figure Alejandro Moreno called the incident a political distraction and suggested it could have been staged, while Ricardo Anaya questioned presidential security protocols.
- Gender-rights advocates, including María de la Luz Estrada, condemned suggestions of staging as revictimization that mirrors how many victims’ reports are dismissed.
- The political clash comes as Mexico confronts acute violence, including the killing of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, after which his widow met Sheinbaum and was sworn in to complete his term.