Man arrested for grabbing Mexican president’s breasts in public

A man has been arrested for allegedly harassing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during a public event in the country.

The incident occurred when the president was addressing a group of supporters on a street near the National Palace in Mexico City on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

A video of the incident shows a man approaching Sheinbaum from behind and attempting to kiss her on the neck and place his hands on her body.

Sheinbaum moved away quickly and a member of her team stepped in, but she was visibly shaken.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the president vowed to file charges against the suspect.

She said: “My view is, if I don’t file a complaint, what will happen to other Mexican women? If they do this to the president, what will happen to all women in our country?

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“I decided to press charges because this is something that I experienced as a woman, but that we as women experience in our country.

“I have experienced it before, when I wasn’t president, when I was a student.”

She added that she had decided to press ahead with bringing charges against the suspect as he had allegedly harassed other women in the crowd.

The incident occurred just days after the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, at the local Day of the Dead celebrations.

Manzo had called on Sheinbaum for greater federal support in Uruapan in the fight against drug cartels. Around 35 candidates were killed in the lead up to the general election last year in what was considered the bloodiest campaign in modern Mexico.

Since taking office, Sheinbaum has made in-roads in improving the country’s dire security situation, particularly clamping down on fentanyl-trafficking – a key issue for her United States counterpart, President Trump.

The Star