Mexican President Says His Country Is ‘Safer' Than US, Claims Reports of Violence Are a GOP ‘Conspiracy'
Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
His comments come after two U.S. citizens were killed and two kidnapped and later rescued in the border city of Matamoros.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
The president of Mexico claimed his nation was safer than the U.S. after receiving widespread criticism following the kidnapping of four American tourists by cartel members.
Mexico is a safer country than the United States, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued on Monday, weeks after a high-profile kidnapping of four Americans.
Originally Published: 13 MAR 23 14:29 ETBy Tatiana Arias and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) -- Mexico is a safer country than the United States, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued on Monday, weeks after the high-profile kidnapping of four Americans drew global attention to the country's sec…
The Mexican president's comments came amid criticism of Mexico's security following the recent kidnapping of four Americans in northern Mexico, in which two of them died.
Mexico is “safer than the United States,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared in an impassioned response to growing criticism from Washington this week.
Mexico's president has claimed that his country is safer than the U.S., a week after two U.S. citizens were killed and two kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros.