Mexico president scraps speech

MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador cancelled a public event on Sunday after a security breach in which dozens of protesters broke into the venue where he was speaking, images on his social media account showed.

It occurred at a fairground in Huauchinango in Puebla, where he and several government ministers were outlining the administration’s aid to victims of a deadly hurricane.

Dozens of people gathered behind fences outside the building, chanting slogans that at times made the leftist president’s speech inaudible. They then overwhelmed the security team deployed at the door and entered the hall, complaining about not receiving sufficient support.