‘Mexico is safer than the US,’ Amlo says after attack on four Americans

Mexico’s president pushes back against US critics of his security record after kidnapping near the border that left two dead

• As Mexico’s epidemic of violence rages on, authorities seem powerless

Mexico’s president has asserted that his country is safer than the United States, pushing back against US critics of his security record following a deadly kidnapping near the border that claimed the lives of two Americans.

The 3 March attack on four Americans in the Mexican city of Matamoros and their subsequent abduction was covered closely by US media and sparked recriminations from politicians in the US, particularly Republicans.