LONDON (AP) – The UK’s ambassador to Mexico has departed from his position after a video emerged on social media purportedly showing him aiming an assault rifle near a colleague.
The Financial Times reported Friday that Jon Benjamin was traveling in Sinaloa and Durango, two states in northern Mexico with a significant presence of drug cartels, when the incident took place.
The British ambassador to Mexico is no longer in position after a video surfaced online of him seemingly pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee in Mexico.
The video shared on X shows Jon Benjamin aiming the firearm at a person whose face has been blurred.
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Though the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has not officially announced any changes at the embassy in Mexico City, the FCDO website lists him as a former ambassador.
Rachel Brazier has been serving as charge d’affaires at the embassy since April, a role where a diplomat acts as the chief of mission in the absence of the ambassador.
