A concerning incident occurred yesterday when President Claudia Sheinbaum was harassed while walking near the National Palace. This act was not a mere coincidence but is properly classified as sexual abuse committed in flagrante delicto, prompting an urgent need to review the security protocols for the President. Her government maintains maximum pressure on Mexico to do more against drug trafficking. On security matters, it is essential to have a professional apparatus that allows the President to maintain closeness with the people, as she has shown on many occasions, such as during her tours of disaster areas left by rains. However, this must also protect the woman who has made brave decisions to combat corruption, thereby affecting the interests of criminal organizations that have lost billions due to attacks on their illicit businesses. The aggressor against Sheinbaum should have been detained immediately and handed over to the competent authorities. The incident also reveals that even officials at the National Palace lack a clear legal framework for their actions. The concern is evident: if someone could get that close to the President and touch her inappropriately, it shows a vulnerability amid the climate of violence and intimidation in the country. There is a difference between moving on from the era of an all-powerful, untouchable President and exposing the head of state to aggression with such ease. At the same time, the President, firmly stating that 'that is not going to happen,' is referring to any military intervention. This incident raises two issues: first, that all women in the country, without exception, are exposed to machista violence, and second, that the security of the head of state is so lax that it allows someone to get as close to the leader as to touch them inappropriately, as happened yesterday, or to assault them in any other way. This simply cannot continue to happen.
