{"id":53893,"date":"2025-11-04T20:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/man-touches-mexican-president-while-she-spoke-with-citizens-in-mexico-city-streets\/04\/11\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T20:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:33:38","slug":"man-touches-mexican-president-while-she-spoke-with-citizens-in-mexico-city-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/man-touches-mexican-president-while-she-spoke-with-citizens-in-mexico-city-streets\/04\/11\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Man touches Mexican president while she spoke with citizens in Mexico City streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 While Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke with citizens in the street in Mexico City\u2019s historic downtown Tuesday, a man who appeared to be inebriated stepped up behind her and touched her before a government official intervened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a video circulating widely on social platforms, the man appeared to lean in for a kiss and touch the president\u2019s body with his hands. She gently pushed his hands away, maintaining a stiff smile as she turned to face him. She could be heard to say in part, \u201cDon\u2019t worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The president\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_l1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_l1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_l1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_151p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_151p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_151p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sheinbaum, like her predecessor and political mentor ex- <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-72f65072dcb5c47f31fdefedb5bd77be\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador<\/a>, tries to maintain <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-city-enrique-pena-nieto-caribbean-global-trade-latin-america-b56ab482fe644e808dcd02a7cadf8f2c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a connection with the people;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a connection with the people<\/a>, frequently diving into crowds for selfies and handshakes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her security detail was not immediately visible in the close shot video Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was an unnerving scene in a week when Sheinbaum has repeatedly had to address questions about political violence following the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-security-sheinbaum-michoacan-mayor-3ef190f8d11c05d4b44c5765b6bcfc07\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:public assassination of a mayor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">public assassination of a mayor<\/a> in western Michoacan state. On Tuesday, Sheinbaum met with the mayor&#8217;s widow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow AP\u2019s Latin America coverage at <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/man-touches-mexican-president-while-001826372.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY (AP) &mdash; While Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke with citizens in the street in Mexico City&rsquo;s historic downtown Tuesday, a<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/man-touches-mexican-president-while-she-spoke-with-citizens-in-mexico-city-streets\/04\/11\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/kdjhQJszmoj8dM4YU_CsyQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/ab0d9011108052e4c463d322b4b930d8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}