Ex-Mexican president Vicente Fox says gunmen tried to storm his home

MEXICO CITY — Former Mexican president Vicente Fox says armed men tried to storm into his house, just months after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador cut off security for the country’s ex-presidents.

He reported Saturday’s incident on Twitter without giving details. He has a large ranch in the central state of Guanajuato.

Fox also tweeted: “I hold President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador directly responsible for the security of myself, my family and my belongings.”

Esta mañana un comando armado pretendió entrar a mi casa . Es una situación grave y que requiere inmediata atenció
Hago directamente responsable de la seguridad de mi Persona, de mi Familia y de mis Bienes al presidente Andrés Manoel Iopez Obrador.
Ex Ppresidente Vicente Fox Q.

— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) April 6, 2019

Lopez Obrador responded via Twitter that he has instructed Defence Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval to create a security detail to protect Fox and his family “but without the excesses” of prior administrations.

He instruido al general Luis Cresencio Sandoval González, secretario de la Defensa, para crear una guardia de seguridad que proteja al ex presidente Fox y su familia, con eficacia, pero sin los excesos que mantenían antes del cambio de régimen.

— Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) April 6, 2019

Lopez Obrador dismantled the Mexican equivalent of the U.S. Secret Service after being sworn in as president Dec. 1.

Fox was president in 2000-2006.

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