<p>Mexico City/London: The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from his post after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in a car, according to media reports and a video of the incident circulating online.</p><p>The video, shared on social media platform X, shows the career diplomat Jon Benjamin pointing the weapon at a person whose face has been blurred.</p>. <p>"In a context of daily killings in Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke," a post accompanying the video reads.</p>.<p>Earlier on Friday, the <em>Financial Times</em> reported that the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident which it said occurred on an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa in April.</p>.Mexico ruling and opposition parties both say they won Mexico City mayor race. <p>Mexico has long reeled from violence linked to the country's warring drug cartels, with around 30,000 people murdered a year.</p><p>"We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action," said a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p><p>Benjamin's LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended in May, and a biography posted on the government website for the United Kingdom notes he "was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024."</p><p>Neither Benjamin nor the country's embassy in Mexico responded to a request for comment. </p>
<p>Mexico City/London: The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from his post after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in a car, according to media reports and a video of the incident circulating online.</p><p>The video, shared on social media platform X, shows the career diplomat Jon Benjamin pointing the weapon at a person whose face has been blurred.</p>. <p>"In a context of daily killings in Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke," a post accompanying the video reads.</p>.<p>Earlier on Friday, the <em>Financial Times</em> reported that the ambassador had been removed from his post after the incident which it said occurred on an official trip to the states of Durango and Sinaloa in April.</p>.Mexico ruling and opposition parties both say they won Mexico City mayor race. <p>Mexico has long reeled from violence linked to the country's warring drug cartels, with around 30,000 people murdered a year.</p><p>"We are aware of this incident and have taken appropriate action," said a spokesperson for Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p><p>Benjamin's LinkedIn page says his term as ambassador ended in May, and a biography posted on the government website for the United Kingdom notes he "was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024."</p><p>Neither Benjamin nor the country's embassy in Mexico responded to a request for comment. </p>