British ambassador to Mexico sacked after ‘pointing gun at workers’
The British ambassador to Mexico has been faraway from the put up after a video emerged on-line of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy worker.The video, shared on X, reveals Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at an individual whose face has been blurred out.
"In a context of daily killings in Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke," reads a put up accompanying the clip.On Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been faraway from his put up after the incident, which reportedly occurred throughout an official journey to the states of Durango and Sinaloa in April.Both states have a excessive presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has an extended historical past of cartel violence, with round 30,000 murders a 12 months."We are aware of this incident ...