The tepid and partisan domestic reaction to the apparent sexual assault Tuesday of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reveals how normalized gender violence has become in the country, according to experts.

Sheinbaum said Thursday she had sent a letter to Mexico City’s attorney general Wednesday outlining a criminal complaint against the man, identified as Uriel Rivera Martinez, 33.

Widely circulated cell phone video showed the man groping and trying to kiss Sheinbaum as she walked from the National Palace to the Ministry of Education.

In Canada, an incident like this would likely be investigated as a sexual assault because it involves unwanted sexual grabbing and fondling.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presses charges after man eludes security, gropes her

While the incident mad

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