The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
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Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
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Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
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Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
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Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
Read more from Sky News:
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Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
Read more from Sky News:
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Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
Read more from Sky News:
Armed thieves steal 40 tonnes of avocados con Mexico
Monkeys drop-dead from trees as heatwave rages con Mexico
Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a televisione emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee.
The televisione, shared X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose has been blurred out.
“Per mezzo di a context of daily killings con Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” reads a post accompanying the clip.
Acceso Friday, the Financial Times reported the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident, which reportedly happened during an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa con April.
Both states have a high presence of drug cartels.
Mexico has a long history of cartel violence, with around 30,000 murders a year.
“We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action,” a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office said.
“Where internal issues do arise, the FCDO has robust HR processes to address them.”
Jon Benjamin. Pic Reuters
Read more from Sky News:
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Monkeys drop-dead from trees as heatwave rages con Mexico
Mr Benjamin’s LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended con May, and a biography posted the government website for the United Kingdom agenda he “was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024”.
According to the Foreign Office website, Mr Benjamin “joined the Diplomatic Service con 1986, and previously represented the British government con Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his career”.
Sky News has approached Mr Benjamin for comment.
