Former Mexican U.N. Envoy Killed in Wreck (Zinser- US critic)

[Rose Siding]

CUERNAVACA, Mexico - Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexico's former ambassador to the United Nations who was forced out of his job after saying the United States treats Mexico like a "back yard," died Sunday in a car crash, police said. He was 55.
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In the 2003 discussion with university students in Mexico City, Aguilar Zinser said "the understanding that the political and intellectual class of the United States has of Mexico is a country whose position is that of a back yard."

Replacing Aguilar Zinser, Mexican President Vicente Fox denied he was under pressure from the United States — which disapproved of the ambassador's opposition to U.S. actions in Iraq — but because the diplomat's comments were an "offense to Mexico" and to him personally.

In an angry resignation letter, the ex-ambassador accused Fox of betraying a long-standing friendship and embarrassing him in order to improve relations with the United States.

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