{"id":1294108,"date":"2022-02-13T02:07:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T07:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294108"},"modified":"2022-02-13T02:07:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T07:07:45","slug":"mexican-president-lashes-out-at-journalist-over-expose-on-sons-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-president-lashes-out-at-journalist-over-expose-on-sons-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican President Lashes Out at Journalist Over Expose on Son\u2019s Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexican-president-lashes-out-at-journalist-over-expose-on-sons-wealth%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2018\/12\/b4d2d6_mexico-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-his-news-conference-he-is.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Mexico\u2019s president drew harsh criticism from various international press freedom organizations after he singled out a journalist for revealing his son\u2019s alleged income and other personal information. The confrontational statements between politician and journalists in Mexico follows the deaths of five journalists killed since the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Mexican Journalist Carlos Loret De Mola published an expose claiming that President&nbsp;Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador\u2019s (AMLO) son, Jose Ramon Beltran, is living a life of luxury in Houston benefiting from companies that had dealings with Mexico\u2019s oil company Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos). Loret de Mola pointed to two houses in Houston, as well as Jose Ramon\u2019s alleged lavish lifestyle even though he has no real source of income.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>This week, Lopez Obrador lashed out at Loret De Mola by revealing a series of PowerPoint slides with the journalist\u2019s financial information claiming that the journalist made over $1.5 million USD for writing hit pieces against his government. AMLO repeatedly claimed that since he took office in 2018, corruption and impunity have ended in Mexico and that critical news stories are pushed by corrupt news outlets serving his rivals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday, Mexican president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lopezobrador_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lopezobrador_<\/a> used his daily morning press briefing to \u2018reveal\u2019 the personal finances of journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosLoret?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CarlosLoret<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This represents a clear abuse of authority by the president and serves to intimidate journalists critical of his government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LJKl01Aeji\">https:\/\/t.co\/LJKl01Aeji<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jan-Albert Hootsen (@jahootsen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jahootsen\/status\/1492559644627243010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Loret De Mola published a short video soon after being singled out by AMLO claiming that the information was false and that releasing financial information about an individual is a crime. In one example, AMLO claimed that Loret De Mola earned millions of Pesos for working in Televisa. However, the journalist claimed that he left his job as an anchor in that channel in 2019. Loret De Mola then said he would redouble his efforts in exposing a \u201cdictator\u201d in the making.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Mi respuesta a las amenazas y mentiras del presidente. Y todo\u2026 por las casonas de su hijo Houston. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vlrqyLjGxV\">pic.twitter.com\/vlrqyLjGxV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlos Loret de Mola (@CarlosLoret) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlosLoret\/status\/1492229273083654148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In prior days, AMLO lashed out against other journalists who he praised under prior administrations such as Carmen Aristegui. International press freedom organizations have called out the Mexican president for targeting news outlets while little has been done by the government in stopping the impunity with which journalists have been killed in Mexico As Breitbart Texas has reported,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/02\/11\/5th-mexican-journalist-killed-in-2022\/\"> since the start of the year, there have been five journalists killed, sparking mass outrage from journalists throughout<\/a>. Activists claim that under AMLO\u2019s administration, there have been more journalists killed than in prior administrations.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby&nbsp;and senior Breitbart management.&nbsp;You can follow him on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IldefonsoOrtiz\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;and on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ildefonso-Ortiz\/731511040246659\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"mailto:Iortiz@breitbart.com\"><em>Iortiz@breitbart.com<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandondarby?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><em>and&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brandonmichaeldarby\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"mailto:bdarby@breitbart.com\"><em>bdarby@breitbart.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico\u2019s president drew harsh criticism from various international press freedom organizations after he singled out a journalist for revealing his son\u2019s alleged income and other personal information. 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