US ambassador to Mexico resigns after diplomatic spat

[Judi Lynn]

US ambassador to Mexico resigns after diplomatic spat
MEXICO CITY | Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:39am IST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has resigned, the State Department said on Saturday, after a public dispute with Mexican President Felipe Calderon over Mexico's handling of efforts to combat drug trafficking.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she and President Barack Obama had accepted Ambassador Carlos Pascual's resignation after a year and a half in his post

"It is with great reluctance that President Obama and I have acceded to Carlos's request," Clinton said in a statement.

The diplomatic spat arose after the website WikiLeaks published State Department documents showing embassy officials criticizing Mexican authorities' lack of coordination in operations targeting powerful drug cartels.

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[rabs]

1. Hil/Obama's possible replacement

for the Cuban American Pascual:



unless Larry Leon opens his yap about morale being low in the Mexican armed forces ...

:rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

2. Larry's going to need some education to get him refocused after the Bush era. n/t