MEXICO CITY: Britain's ambassador to Mexico was removed from his post after allegedly pointing an assault rifle inside a vehicle carrying embassy staff, reports said on Friday (May 31). The UK government said it had taken "appropriate action" after the incident, without confirming that Jon Benjamin had bee
  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Rough neighborhood.

    Benjamin was on a work trip to a northwestern Mexican region plagued by drug cartel violence when the incident happened, the Financial Times reported.

    Foreign officials often travel with bodyguards when visiting danger zones in Mexico, it noted.