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A professor has been fired from his university post and is now facing an aggravated sexual harassment charge after he was busted upskirting women at a fair.
Viral footage shared by a victim, who identified herself as Melissa, showed Miguel Pérez, 40, sliding his left sneaker and positioning it under the skirt of a woman who was making a food order at the Puebla Fair 2024 in the central city of Puebla on May 2.
Pérez could be seen stepping to the side and trying to place the sneaker between the unsuspecting woman's own shoes to get a better glimpse.
Melissa subsequently approached the woman to alert her before Pérez made a beeline for the exit while her boyfriend confronted him.
'Where are you going papi,' Melissa's partner asked Pérez. 'You're recording with your sneakers!'
Miguel Pérez was arrested May 2 at a fair in Puebla, Mexico after he was caught placing his sneaker under a woman's skirt and recording with a hidden camera. The 40-year-old is facing an aggravated sexual harrasment charge and has been fired from his professor role at the Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla
Miguel Pérez placed a camera slight over the laces of his sneaker to record women at a fair in Mexico
Miguel Pérez was fired as professor by the Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla last Thursday
Pérez continued walking without replying and was pulled by his collar as he made his way through the crowd.
As he approached two police officers, Melissa's boyfriend's managed to grab him by the shirt collar.
'The b**tard is filming women with a camera on the bottom,' he said.
Pérez attempted to throw off the cops by taking a step forward with his right foot, but Melissa's boyfriend pointed at the left sneaker and placed his finger on top of the camera.
'It's there, look,' he said.
Pérez was handcuffed on the spot and escorted to a tent, where he was questioned and then taken to a local police station.
He has been placed in pretrial detention while the Puebla State Attorney General's Office continues its investigation.
One of the victims identified herself as Melissa and uploaded the video of university professor Miguel Pérez placing his sneaker with a hidden camera under another woman's skirt to record at a fair in Puebla, Mexico on May 2. Melissa released a video statement Wednesday indicating she felt obligated to reveal the video on social media so that Pérez is prosecuted
The 40-year-old professor was placed in pretrial detention while the Puebla State Attorney General's Office continues its investigation
Mexican university professor Miguel Pérez was arrested at a fair in the central city of Puebla after he was spotted using his sneaker with a hidden camera to record a woman who was placing an order at a kiosk
In a video statement released Wednesday, a visibly shaken Melissa said she had the impression that authorities would not prosecute Pérez so decided to share the footage on her social media accounts, including X.
The district attorney's office reportedly tried to resolve the incident by suggesting that he pay his victim $590, which she rejected.
'Although it is a minor crime, I believe that no woman would like to be seen, especially without her consent in the way this guy did,' she said.
Local news outlets revealed that Pérez shared sexual content of women via a group chat group on Telegram.
He was fired by the Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP) in Mexico last Thursday.
'In relation to the events that occurred this day at the Puebla Fair, the BUAP emphasizes that it will not tolerate this type of improper conduct that harms the social life and privacy of people, such as what the member of the teaching staff of the institution,' the university said in a statement.
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