LONDON (AP) — The UK’s ambassador to Mexico has left his post after a video was posted on social media that purportedly shows him pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The incident took place in Sinaloa and Durango, two states in northern Mexico known for the presence of drug cartels. The video, shared on the social media platform X, depicts a man resembling the ambassador seated in a vehicle, handling the alleged rifle and aiming it towards an individual in the back seat. The brief clip was accompanied by a message criticizing the ambassador's actions in light of the ongoing violence perpetrated by drug traffickers in Mexico.
