Gun-Wielding UK Ambassador to Mexico Fired
The UK’s ambassador to Mexico has been fired after shooting himself in the foot by pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee, according to the Financial Times. The video of the British ambassador, Jon Benjamin, blew up after it was posted on X by an anonymous account apparently loaded with angry embassy staffers fed up with their mistreatment. The video was seen by the Foreign Office, which ultimately lead to Benjamin’s career going up in smoke…
The video shows a gun-wielding Benjamin aiming the rifle to his staff member. “In a context of daily killings in Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” the anonymous account said alongside it. Laughing in the face of danger…