Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday forcefully rejected criticism of his government's record on human rights, describing reports of official abuses made in a new U.S. State Department study as 'lies.'
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a news conference at the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection in Mexico City, Mexico, March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero
The report also stated that "impunity and extremely low rates of prosecution remained a problem for all crimes, including human rights abuses and corruption," and criticized violenceAsked about the report at a news conference, Lopez Obrador dismissed it, saying, "they're lying," and noted the U.S. "believes it's the government of the world."
State Department acting spokesperson Vedant Patel, speaking at a news briefing, rejected criticism that Washington was acting like "the government of the world" and doubled down on the findings of the human rights report.
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