Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will pursue charges against a man who groped and attempted to kiss her as she was walking in the capital’s historical center on Tuesday.

The incident, caught on video and widely shared locally, shows a man approaching Sheinbaum, putting one arm around her shoulder and touching her hip and chest with the other one.

Sheinbaum, addressing the issue unprompted at her daily press briefing Wednesday, said she would lodge a formal complaint against the man and ask the women’s ministry to assess whether criminal charges are in order. She added that he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.

“This is something that shouldn’t happen — and I don’t say this as a president, but as a woman,” Sheinbaum told reporters. “Our personal space must not be

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