Overview

• An SSC transit officer filed formal complaints with the Fiscalía General de Justicia de CDMX and CONAPRED over Pichel’s July 3 racist outburst in Condesa.
• COPRED initiated procedures to investigate the incident and propose reparation measures, including public apologies and citywide awareness campaigns.
• Criminal proceedings under Article 206 of the CDMX Penal Code could move forward pending a querella, with potential penalties of one to three years in prison, fines and community service.
• Pichel’s public apology dated July 6 acknowledged the harm of her words, but officials and the public have questioned its sincerity in light of her behavior.
• A newly surfaced video shows Pichel verbally assaulting a private security guard in Santa Fe and seizing her phone, intensifying scrutiny of her actions.