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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has pressed charges against the man who publicly groped and tried to kiss her outside the National Palace in Mexico City.
A video of Tuesday’s incident shows Sheinbaum — the first woman to serve as Mexico’s leader — greeting people on the street before a man approaches her from behind and puts his arm around her, then leans in for a kiss while lifting his hands toward her breasts. The man was arrested and placed in police custody.
“It must be clear that, beyond being president, this is something that many women experience in the country and in the world; no one can violate our body and personal space,” Sheinbaum wrote in Spanish on X.
Sheinbaum said at news conference Thursday that she plans to launch a campaign against sexual abuse to create a cultural change in Mexico, in addition to making sexual harassment a criminal offense in every state of the country.