Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed that only 10 people make up her security detail, «without frills». This revelation comes after she was sexually assaulted last Tuesday. «Before, presidents had a Presidential General Staff, they were protected by 8,000 elite soldiers. Now we have 10 men and women who go with us, from the Presidential Administration,» Sheinbaum said at an event in Nayarit. «We don't travel with frills, we didn't come to government to serve ourselves,» she added, emphasizing this during the inauguration of the Tepic-Compostela highway, about 26 kilometers long. Sheinbaum also stated that all members of the Presidential General Staff have returned to the army to protect the people, and the people's resources have been returned to the people. The attack on Sheinbaum has caused strong indignation in the country due to the persistence of sexual crimes and violence against women, which reaches the highest levels of authority. In Mexico, more than 70% of women over 15 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 'dark figure' of more than 90% for unreported cases. On Saturday, a control judge ordered a trial to be opened against Uriel 'N' for the crime of sexual abuse against Sheinbaum, following the attack on Tuesday when he was arrested. On Friday, Rivera, 33, was criminally charged with the crime of sexual abuse committed against another woman and is in prison. According to judicial sources, Sheinbaum was the victim of an outright sexual offense under the Mexico City Penal Code, but at the time of the crime, no of the president's close aides intervened. On Wednesday, at her press conference, Sheinbaum reported that she filed a complaint against the subject, although she admitted she hesitated to do so, but did so to «send a message to all women and all men».
«That day, as Sheinbaum was walking through the center of the country's capital and greeting some citizens, a man in an apparent state of drunkenness approached her, tried to kiss her on the neck, and then hug her from behind».
