“I don’t have the air to say enough!”: Pedro Infante’s granddaughter reacts to the assault and beating she received while singing in Mexico

Great commotion has caused an episode of violence that, in addition to registering in front of an audience, was recorded as it was unleashed on a stage. A singer, Heidy Infante, offered her presentation when she was a victim of sexual assault and after a brutal beating.

The young woman who sang with her musicians is the granddaughter of actor and singer Pedro Infante, an idol in and outside Mexico for generations.

How the events happened with Pedro Infante’s granddaughter

Heidy Infante offered her presentation on Saturday, March 4, 2023 to those attending a market party at the City Hall of Iztapalapa in Mexico City.

In the video, the subject can be seen, on stage, to the left of the young woman; He walks past her and makes moves in front of the musicians, then walks up to a showgirl and takes off her hat.

He tries to touch Heidi’s head and she avoids him, when he turns around she hits him on the left buttock and he responds by touching the singer’s intimate area inappropriately, a situation she rejects, but the man violently pounces on stage and unleashed chaos.

From TV Notes, they note that the subject gave the woman a “thrashing” when he passed earlier. And they point out that the man was apparently in an awkward state.

In Aristegui Noticias they describe: “The man, surpassing Heidy Infante in height and body weight, beat her and pulled her hair, causing musicians and spectators to intervene to defend the singer.”

The woman identified her attacker via Facebook as Yian Lopez Semanat.

“I want to thank all the people, friends, fans, acquaintances, people who just know that I was attacked in a low way by this person named Yian Lopez Semanat,” she said while denouncing that the police had let the man go .

How long are we women going to allow this kind of violence? she asked.

“(…) Being a singer or leader of a group is very difficult, no one knows that we expose ourselves every time we go on stage, but what happened is not worth it! To all the people who have supported me with messages, with love from love: thank you very much. I don’t have the air to say Enough!” the granddaughter of the remembered Mexican actor and singer posted on Facebook, Infobae reported.

They respond in networks

What happened to Pedro Infante’s granddaughter when she sang “El viejo del sombrerón” at a celebration of the Mercado Escuadrón 201 heated social networks. Of course, there is no shortage of those who say that she started, forgetting that he wanted to surpass himself before.

There are versions suggesting that the subject is a musician and a Cuban national, but none were confirmed until Monday afternoon, March 6.

Journalist Carlos Jimenez tweeted Monday after 5 p.m.: The Mexico City Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation against Yian Lopez Semanat.

He is tentatively charged with sexual assault for assaulting Heidy Rodríguez.

@Normadedios: “And the logistics of the event?…why did the organizers let this man on stage? I had nothing to do there. We don’t even talk about safety.”

@DanielaCordAre: “Oh, how bad! How important it is to pay attention to people’s mental health; an overreaction from that boy.”

@silviojulio_: “An excessive reaction, to those who justify the man’s aggression, are everything right in their heads?”

@MaxPower1737: “An event with no security elements, how did they get that drunk man to come on stage?”

artistic development

Heidy Infante has a career as a singer, according to Infobae, mainly in the cumbia genre.

They add that she also works as a clown, calling herself the Wapayasa.

About what happened, Infante said: “Believe me, in my life I have had such an experience. Speechless and you feel alone. But I have you… women, I need you!”