Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has said the harassment she suffered when a drunk man groped her in the street is an assault on all women.

A video posted on social media shows a man coming up to her when she is speaking to supporters near the National Palace in the capital, Mexico City. He approaches her from behind, leans in to kiss her and appears to put his hands on her.

Ms Sheinbaum used her daily press briefing on Wednesday to say she had pressed charges against the man.

Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada had announced overnight that the man had been arrested.

When Ms Sheinbaum was elected, she said that it wasn't just her coming to power - it was all women.

"If this is done to the president, what is going to happen to all of the young women in our country?" she said on Wed

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