Mexican president says Mexico safer than US

MExican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador It was claimed that Mexico It is safer than United States.

The comments were made by Obrador amid increased scrutiny of violence in his country. This scrutiny follows the Four American tourists are violently kidnapped — two of whom were murdered.

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“Mexico is safer than the United States. There is no issue with traveling safely through Mexico. That’s something the U.S. citizens also know, just like our fellow Mexicans that live in the U.S.,” During a daily press briefing, the president stated that CNN was his news source. reported.

He cited the safety of the country’s large number of American tourists as evidence and dismissed concerns about safety from the U.S. government. “paranoia.”

“U.S. government alerts say that it’s safe to only travel [in the states of] Campeche and Yucatan. If that were the case, so many Americans wouldn’t be coming in to live in Mexico City and the rest of the country. In the past few years is when more Americans have come to live in Mexico. So, what’s happening? Why the paranoia?”

He continued to state that there was “a campaign against Mexico from conservative U.S. politicians that don’t want this country to keep developing for the good of the Mexican people.”

Obrador blames conservative U.S. politicians, but the Security Problems are not his fault. Biden administration’s State Department has issued travel warnings to all traversers.