The man appeared to lean in for a kiss and touch the president's body with his hands on Tuesday

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MEXICO CITY — What should have been a five-minute time-saving walk from Mexico’s National Palace to the Education Ministry for President Claudia Sheinbaum has become a stomach-churning viral moment after a video captured a drunk man groping the president. Article content

The brief clip has given the daily harassment and assaults that women suffer in Mexico their highest-profile platform. And on Wednesday, Sheinbaum used her daily press briefing to say that she had pressed charges against the man. Article content Article content

She also called on states to look at their laws and procedures to make it easier for women to report such assaults and said Mexicans needed to hea

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