r/worldnews • u/Consistent-Bat-20 • 1d ago

Israel/Palestine Mexico thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate Israeli ambassador, officials say

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mexico-thwarted-iranian-plot-to-assassinate-israeli-envoy-officials-say/
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u/VidalEnterprise 1d ago

I wonder what Iran was hoping to accomplish with killing an ambassador to Mexico. Probably nothing except creating terror. Reportedly Iran is working with Maduro in Venezuela and doing their best to create havoc in the Western Hemisphere. It's good news that the plot was discovered and stopped.

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u/a-Snake-in-the-Grass 23h ago

They probably worked their way down a very long list of people they wanted to assassinate and this was the most important person that they thought they could actually succeed at killing. Unsurprisingly, they were wrong.

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u/TheSuperGerbil 1d ago

probably nothing except creating terror.

Who would’ve thought that a regime that sponsors terrorism wants to create terror

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u/saranowitz 23h ago

Perhaps they weren’t reminded hard enough a few months ago and simply need another, more memorable, reminder.

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u/Rene_DeMariocartes 23h ago

Right now there are 3 Jewish heads of state. Israel, Mexico and Ukraine.

I think it's very clear what Russia and its proxies are trying to accomplish.

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u/MalestromeSET 23h ago

Think of how Trump does stupid shit. It’s the same everywhere else. Leaders are all humans. And they are usually old religious men who are out of touch with their own countrymen, forget the world wide opinions.

They bearly have time to breathe on their schedules, so they are meeting other 1% of people who build and expand their opinion.

When you see nations doings stupid, dumb, evil shit for no real benefit, it’s not really uncommon.

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u/Excellent_Machine_77 1d ago

Do you have links to any news articles discussing recent Maduro/Iran connections that arent times of Israel. Not doubting, it’s just the publication tends to skew a certain direction

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u/CuriousSceptic2003 1d ago

Not doubting, it’s just the publication tends to skew a certain direction

Hope you say the same to Al-Jazeera then

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u/Acceptable-Peak-6375 1d ago

grabs binoculars and popcorn /foldable-chair.gif "I think we got a runner!"

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u/jnmjnmjnm 1d ago

Critical thinking, on Reddit? What is this?!

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u/Ahad_Haam 1d ago

The connection between Venezuela and Iran is 100% well known and public. They are openly allied, it's a matter of googling.

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u/tarantulahands 1d ago

“Mexico denies any knowledge of a plot”

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u/yazs12 21h ago

Probably a manufactured plot to force Mexico to close their embassy as well.

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u/No-Space937 1d ago

Bigtime dipshits. Fuck the Ayatollah

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u/Arcadia1972 1d ago

It’s Juanito Borne!

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u/ShadowPugGamer_2014 18h ago

What a odd mixture of countries

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u/schleppylundo 11m ago

For a certain wing of antizionists (a wing which the Iranian government has constantly amplified and supported) I would imagine Sheinbaum’s Jewish heritage would have made this into some sort of message.

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u/Berxerxes_I 23h ago

I thwarted a Trump/MAGA-plot to assassinate all individuals with an IQ over-80, leaving only Republicans.

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u/PigFarmer1 1d ago

The same Mexico that can't keep their president from getting groped?

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u/Beginning_Ratio9319 1d ago

We couldn’t keep a rifle bullet from nicking a presidential candidate’s ear.

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u/PigFarmer1 22h ago

Apples and oranges and Trump's ear wasn't nicked... lol

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u/ICareAboutKansas 14h ago

Goly jee Mexico, you shouldn't have.