MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities are accusing sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches.

Mexican officials say sportswear giant took design idea from Indigenous community in country’s southern Oaxaca state.

CLOTHING giant Adidas is being sued by Mexico for allegedly ripping off an indigenous sandal design.The case, in which Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accuses the German transnational of cultural appropriation,