Not even the president of Mexico is safe from the prying hands of a pervert.

President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges after a man attempted to kiss her neck and appeared to go in to grab her breasts.

The crazy moment was caught on camera when Sheinbaum and her staff were making a five-minute walk from the National Palace to the Education Ministry in Mexico City on Tuesday.

“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 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?”

The video made waves on X, where some blamed her security for letting the perv get that close.

“Manual Handling

“Because a man sexually harasses the President of Mexico due to a lapse by her team,” X account TendenciaMax reported:

Manoseo

Porque un hombre acosa sexualmente a la Presidenta de México en un descuido de su equipo. pic.twitter.com/XW3FXyrYvg

— Por que es tendencia en México? (@TendenciaMax) November 4, 2025

Whoa! You can get so close to her like that? What happens if it’s an assassin?

— Florian (@florianmktc) November 6, 2025

But many were skeptical of the whole scene:

It’s a setup to distract from the murder of Mayor Carlos Manzo, The man who approaches the president looks completely like a military officer. The Presidential General Staff has a security perimeter that doesn’t allow anyone to get close, no one even tried to restrain him

— manuel (@Meny_soytupadre) November 5, 2025

@grok es real este video?

— #Sergio (@p_vidales) November 4, 2025

It appears to be real.

This is truly insane!

— John Vegas (@PSULionVegas) November 5, 2025

Truly.

Many on X believe it was staged as a distraction to cover a scandal.

For those who are not from Mexico: This is a smokeScreen to divert attention from the recent murder of Uruapan’s Mayor Carlos Manzo, who resisted cartels and repeatedly requested support from the president countless times, highlighting the serious insecurity problem in Mexico. pic.twitter.com/8vpJaYTVKA

— Outfits menu (@outfitmenu) November 6, 2025

WRONG, just a distraction. Sellout

— Enrique (@ElCompa44) November 6, 2025

It’s often hard to know what’s real and what isn’t these days. But, one thing’s for certain, if that was a random sicko, he needs consequences.

No woman or man deserves to be violated like this, and especially not the President of your country. May he be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

— SmashingThreePlates (@smashing3plates) November 6, 2025

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