The man who attacked the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumidentified as Uriel Riverawas criminally prosecuted this Friday for the crime of sexual abusecommitted against another woman.
A judge ordered the start of the trial against Uriel Rivera, 33, for touching a 25-year-old girl last Tuesday in the streets of downtown Mexico City, an attack that occurred after the same sexual attack on Sheinbaum.
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The judicial hearing was held this Friday in the Mexican capital, solely due to the young woman’s complaint, after which the accused was arrested after the victim reported him to agents who were monitoring him after the attack on the president.
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The subject will remain imprisoned in the North Prison, and will still have to face criminal proceedings for the attack on the Mexican president.
On Tuesday, when Sheinbaum was walking through the center of the capital and greeting some citizens, a man in an apparent drunken state approached her, tried to kiss her on the neck and then hug her from behind.
The attack was recorded on a video that went viral on social networks.
Hours later, federal authorities confirmed that the aggressor, identified as Uriel Rivera Martínez, was arrested and referred to the Sexual Crimes Prosecutor’s Office in Mexico City.
Criminal sources indicated that Sheinbaum was the victim of a crime of flagrant sexual abuse, according to the Penal Code for Mexico City, but at the time the crime occurred, no assistant close to the president intervened.
The attack on Claudia Sheinbaum occurred while the president was walking to the Ministry of Public Education from the National Palace, in Mexico City. Photo: Social networks
On Wednesday, at his press conference, Sheinbaum He reported that he filed a complaint against the subject, although he acknowledged that he hesitated to do so, but he did so to send “a message to all women and all men.”
In addition, she reported that the subject attacked other women in the city center on the same day as her.
The attack on Sheinbaum has generated strong indignation in the country due to the persistence of sexual crimes and violence against women, which reaches the highest authority in the country.
In Mexico, more than 70% of women over 15 years of age have experienced at least one type of violence, such as sexual (48%), psychological (52%) or physical (35%), according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).
However, organizations and authorities estimate an underreporting or ‘black figure’ of more than 90% due to cases that are not reported.
