Mexican president says Mexico is safer than the U.S

FILE PHOTO: 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

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his country is safer than the U.S. amid criticism of security in Mexico following the kidnapping earlier this month of four Americans in northern Mexico in which two of them died.

"Mexico is safer than the United States. There's no problem with traveling safely around Mexico," he told a news conference in response to a question about U.S. travel warnings for Mexico.