Ex-UK Amb. to Ghana sacked from new post for pointing gun at staff
Summary
Jon Benjamin, former UK High Commissioner to Ghana, was removed from his position as UK Ambassador to Mexico in April 2024 after a video surfaced showing him pointing an assault rifle at a local embassy employee. This incident occurred during an official trip to the northern Mexican states of Durango and Sinaloa, known for their dangerous drug cartel activity. The video, posted on social media, captured Benjamin’s actions in the vehicle while traveling in the area. Benjamin served as High Commissioner to Ghana from 2014 to 2017.
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Jon Benjamin, the former UK High Commissioner to Ghana, has been sacked from his new post in Mexico Benjamin was sacked in April 2024 as the UK Ambassador to Mexico after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee Foreign officials visiting dangerous parts of Mexico normally travel with armed staff to better protect them.
Jon Benjamin, the former UK High Commissioner to Ghana, has been sacked from his new post in Mexico. He was sacked in April 2024 as the UK Ambassador to Mexico after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in an incident captured in a video posted on social media.
Facebook source: FT reported that Benjamin was on an official trip to Durango and Sinaloa, two northern Mexican states with a strong presence of drug cartels when he picked up a gun in the vehicle he was travelling in and pointed it at a colleague, according to the video and people familiar with the matter.
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