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Christopher Landau exposes fake flag

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Christopher Landau, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico - Photo: Luis Cortes/REUTERS
27/02/2020 |11:16
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Christopher Landau exposes fake flag

Christopher Landau

, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, is in Washington and took his trip as an opportunity to share pictures on social media . Nevertheless, the diplomat was trying to send a positive message but ended up exposing U.S. authorities . Landau shared a picture of the flags placed at the entrance of the Foreign Affairs Ministry ; nevertheless, social media users quickly criticized him because it seems like the Mexican flag , in fact, a flag of Italy with a patch on top or simply a fake flag . Landau vowed to correct the situation.

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