Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 19, 2018 – Supplies and equipment worth $15,000 USD to renovate the Colonia Tarahumara Community Center were donated by the United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez through the Humanitarian Assistance Program of the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), in partnership with the Municipal Institute of Women (IMM). Accompanied by community ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: NORTHCOM
Washington, D.C., July 13, 2018 – While in Mexico, Secretary Nielsen participated in discussions with President Enrique Peña Nieto, Secretary of Foreign Relations Luis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Governance Alfonso Navarrete Prida, and President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador…. These meetings are part of Secretary Nielsen’s ongoing engagement with Mexican and Central American leaders regarding efforts to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 July, 2018 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Migration, Press Releases
Interview Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Mexico City, Mexico July 13, 2018 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for your time. SECRETARY POMPEO: It’s wonderful to be with you today. QUESTION: Long time – long day in Mexico City, right? SECRETARY POMPEO: A wonderful day, a very – a productive day, and I was so happy to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Public Affairs, U.S. Agencies
Washington, D.C. July 13, 2018 – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin joined U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen, and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner to meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and his ministers, and with President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 July, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Today Secretary Pompeo met with President-elect of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the office of the MORENA political party in Mexico City, Mexico. Secretary Pompeo congratulated Mr. Lopez Obrador on his July 1 victory and said the United States looks forward to working with Mr. Lopez ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Secretary Mike Pompeo, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Today Secretary Pompeo met with the President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto at the Mexican presidential palace, Los Pinos, in Mexico City, Mexico. Secretary Pompeo reaffirmed the United States’ continued commitment to working with Mexico to enhance our shared security by disrupting transnational criminal organizations. The two ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
READOUT July 13, 2018 Secretary Pompeo’s Meeting with Foreign Secretary Videgaray of Mexico The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Today Secretary Pompeo met with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City, Mexico. They emphasized the importance of continuing to work together through the completion of the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
Reaffirmed U.S. Partnership with Mexico, Discussed Concrete Actions to Address TCOs, Irregular Migration WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen joined Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin in Mexico City, Mexico for meetings with Mexican government officials. While in Mexico, Secretary Nielsen participated in discussions with ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
Washington – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin joined U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen, and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner to meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and his ministers, and with President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his key ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
Remarks Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Mexico City, Mexico July 13, 2018 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good afternoon, and welcome to the Foreign Affairs Office. We are going to give a message to the media with the Secretary of State Michael Pompeo from the United States and the Chancellor Luis Videgaray Caso, if you could ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases, Secretary Mike Pompeo, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
Security Alert: U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez (July 13, 2018) Location: Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico Event: Because of a marked increase in homicides throughout Ciudad Juarez, including an increase in shootings in the highly frequented downtown area during daylight hours, U.S. government personnel are prohibited from travelling to downtown Ciudad Juarez without advance permission from ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Ciudad Juarez, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
Special Briefing Senior State Department Official Via Teleconference July 12, 2018 MODERATOR: Thank you very much, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. I’m glad to have with us today [Senior State Department Official]. He’s going to talk to us today on background about Secretary Pompeo’s travel tomorrow to Mexico City. Again, this call will ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Secretary Mike Pompeo, U.S. & Mexico
HHS Secretary Alex Azar, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the following joint statement regarding reunification efforts for children under age 5: “Dedicated teams at the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice have worked tirelessly to ensure the safety of Ms. L class members. As of this ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 July, 2018 | Topics:
Migration, News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases
| Tags: children, migrant children, President Donald J. Trump
WASHINGTON – Today, Mexican authorities extradited Sinaloa Cartel leader Damaso Lopez Nuñez, also known as “El Licenciado,” to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 July, 2018 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Cartel
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Mexico City, Mexico, July 13 to meet with President Peña Nieto, Foreign Secretary Videgaray and President-elect Lopez Obrador. Secretary Pompeo will reaffirm the U.S. partnership with Mexico to combat transnational criminal organizations and the opioid epidemic. He will also discuss efforts to enhance trade, curb irregular migration, and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Secretary Mike Pompeo, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Mexico, Pompeo, travel
We congratulate Mr. Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement Party on his election as the next president of Mexico based on the initial results issued by Mexico’s electoral authorities. These elections demonstrated the Mexican people’s commitment to democratic values. The United States and Mexico share a lasting friendship based on strong economic, cultural, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 July, 2018 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
Mexico City, 28 June, 2018 – Bienvenidos a todos, nos complace que nos acompañe esta tarde, distinguidos invitados, damas y caballeros. 242 years ago on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a declaration declaring the independence of the colonies from Great Britain. That declaration proclaimed the equality of all men and their rights to life, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 June, 2018 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Speeches
| Tags: Fourth of July
MEXICO: Tier 2 The Government of Mexico does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Mexico remained on Tier 2. The government demonstrated increasing efforts by prosecuting more traffickers than ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 June, 2018 | Topics:
Official Reports
Vice President Mike Pence announced today in Brazil nearly $10 million in additional humanitarian U.S. assistance for Venezuelans who have fled their country due to the man-made crisis there. This funding for the Venezuelan people includes a contribution to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s regional response to the Venezuela crisis, support for the UN ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 June, 2018 | Topics:
News, Vice President Mike Pence, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Venezuela
Washington, June 26, 2018 – At yesterday’s Merida Initiative Mock Trial Competition, held at the American University, Washington, DC, a talented team of young Mexican lawyers-in-the making from The Marist University of Merida, Yucatan, used all their knowledge and resourcefulness to defeat University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato. This is the fourth year that the legal showdown ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 June, 2018 | Topics:
Merida, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: ABAROLI, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, California Western School of Law, CWSL, Merida Initiative
Mexico City, June 22, 2018 – William Duncan, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, presented a US Coast Guard Academy Nomination Certificate to SEMAR Cadet Manuel Altair Gutierrez Rodriguez. Gutierrez Rodriguez will attend the US Coast Guard Academy from 2018-2022. A cadet of the Heroic Naval School, Manuel Gutierrez was born in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 June, 2018 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Coast Guard
We join the people of Mexico and others around the world in celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Plus (LGBT+) Pride, and reaffirm our commitment to protecting and defending the human rights of all, including LGBT+ persons. We stand firmly with you as you exercise your human rights and fundamental freedoms at this year’s Marcha de ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 June, 2018 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, U.S. & Mexico
In partnership with the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, the Institute of the Americas, an NGO based at the University of California in San Diego, sponsored a Professional Workshop for Teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at CETYS University in Mexicali, Baja California. The five-day workshop for high school teachers, focused on robotics, programming, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 June, 2018 | Topics:
Consulates, Education, Events, News, Science & Tech, Tijuana, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
Good afternoon everyone. I am extremely pleased to welcome you all here tonight at our Chief of Mission Residence in Mexico. We are honored to have so many esteemed guests with us this afternoon. General de División Alejandro Saavedra Hernandez, SEDENA Chief of Staff; General de División Miguel Enrique Vallin, Commander of the Mexican Air ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 June, 2018 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, News, Speeches
Good afternoon everyone. I would like to welcome our guests from outside the Embassy. We are very happy to have you here this afternoon. A central tenet of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is the idea that all human beings are created equal, and that we all have unassailable rights. Among those are life, liberty ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 June, 2018 | Topics:
Deputy Chief of Mission, Human Rights, Speeches
| Tags: LGBTI
Location: Oaxaca and Guerrero, Mexico Event: The Mexican Meteorological Service issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. The tropical storm is located 435 kilometers south-southeast of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico. It is expected to produce heavy rain causing flash floods and mudslides over the southern portions of the Mexican states ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Guerrero, hurricane, Oaxaca
Location: Southern Baja California Sur from Santa Fe to La Paz, including Cabo San Lucas Event: Tropical Storm Bud is expected to continue moving north along the western coast of Mexico toward the Baja Peninsula. The Mexican Metrological Service issued a Tropical Storm Warning for southern Baja California Sur from Santa Fe to La Paz, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, Tijuana, Travel & Tourism, Western Hemisphere
Location: West Coast of Mexico Event: The U.S. Embassy advises U.S. citizens that Hurricane Bud is expected to continue moving north along the western coast of Mexico. The Mexican Metrological Service issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the west coast of Mexico from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes. Hurricane Bud is expected to produce rainfall amounts of three to six ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, Tijuana
| Tags: hurricanes
Location: West Coast of Mexico Event: The U.S. Embassy cautions U.S. citizens that Hurricane Aletta is now a Category 4 storm. The eye is located 475 miles southwest of Manzanillo and 210 miles south of Socorro Island, Mexico. Swells generated by Aletta have begun to affect portions of the coast of west-central mainland Mexico and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, News, Security & Emergency Messages, Tijuana, U.S. Citizen Services
Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Security Alert – U.S. Consulate Matamoros, Mexico USCG Matamoros is monitoring increased activity near Plaza Fiesta Matamoros, and recommends that US Citizens avoid the area. Review the Mexico Travel Advisory for Tamaulipas
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Matamoros, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
Statement By Heather Nauert, Spokesperson Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada on June 9 to join President Donald Trump as the President and leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union, convene for Group of Seven (G7) meetings. Secretary Pompeo will then accompany President ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 June, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Canada, Secretary of State, Secretary Pompeo, travel
OAS Headquarters Washington, DC June 4, 2018 SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you. Thank you, Secretary General Almagro and your team, for organizing this 48th General Assembly of the OAS. We are incredibly grateful for your leadership. It is a pleasure to be here at the OAS for the first time as Secretary of State of the United ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 June, 2018 | Topics:
News, Speeches
| Tags: Deputy Secretary of State, OAS, Secretary Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike R. Pompeo met with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray today in Washington, DC. They discussed the recent tariff announcements and the importance of concluding an updated NAFTA agreement. They reviewed the vital nature of our cooperation on stemming the flow of illicit drugs and irregular migrants. The Secretary recognized Mexico’s ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 5 June, 2018 | Topics:
News, Secretary Mike Pompeo, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Luis Videgaray, Secretary Pompeo
The United States joins people around the world in celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Pride Month, and reaffirms its commitment to protecting and defending the human rights of all, including LGBTI persons. In many parts of the world, LGBTI individuals and their supporters continue to face violence, arrest, harassment and intimidation for ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 June, 2018 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Pompeo
Good morning. On this day, we pay our respects to those who gave their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We refer to these men and women as our heroes. Our country is the land of the free only because it is also the home of these brave citizens. They embody the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 29 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Speeches
| Tags: Charge d’Affaires, William H. Duncan
U.S. Department of State, May 26, 2018 – The United States welcomes the release of Joshua Holt and his wife, Thamara, who were unjustly imprisoned in Venezuela. The safety and welfare of U.S. citizens overseas is among the Department of State’s highest priorities.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 May, 2018 | Topics:
Human Rights, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Venezuela
May 26, 2018 – The United States thanks the Maduro regime for releasing the unjustly detained United States citizen, Joshua Holt, and his Venezuelan wife. The United States will continue to use all available tools and options to pressure the Maduro regime to abide by democratic norms.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 May, 2018 | Topics:
Human Rights, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
Location: Yucatan Peninsula Event: The U.S. Consulate General in Merida cautions U.S. citizens that Subtropical Storm Alberto is expected to cause heavy rainfall and sustained winds of 40 mph in the Yucatan Peninsula through Saturday, May 26, 2018. A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Tulum to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 May, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Mérida, Safety and Security, Security alert
Former Major League Baseball players,
Pedro Feliciano and
Francisco Cordero , traveled to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas in May 2018 to conduct baseball camps benefiting more than 700 local children in partnership with Major League Baseball Players Association, the Department of State’s Sports Diplomacy program and the U.S. Consulates General in Monterrey and Nuevo Laredo. Feliciano ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 May, 2018 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Pedro Feliciano, Sports Diplomacy
Today, I have taken action to prevent the Maduro regime from conducting “fire sales,” liquidating Venezuela’s critical assets—assets the country will need to rebuild its economy. This money belongs to the Venezuelan people. I have signed an Executive Order to prevent the Maduro regime from selling or collateralizing certain Venezuelan financial assets, and to prohibit ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
Date: May 22, 2018 Location: Metropolitan Area, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Event: The U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara no longer advises U.S. government personnel to shelter in place. The U.S. Consulate is open for normal business hours. Assistance: U.S. Embassy Mexico City, Mexico (01-55) 5080-2000
ACSMexicoCity@state.gov https://mx.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ State Department – Consular Affairs 888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 May, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Guadalajara, Security & Emergency Messages
| Tags: shelter
Date: May 21, 2018 Location: Metropolitan Area, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Event: The U.S. Consulate received reports of narco-blockades and police operations on May 21, 2018 in the metropolitan area. U.S. government personnel are advised to shelter in residences overnight and coordinate with the Consulate if traveling outside the city tomorrow. We expect the Consulate to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 May, 2018 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
| Tags: blockades
Venezuela’s election was a sham – neither free nor fair. The illegitimate result of this fake process is a further blow to the proud democratic tradition of Venezuela. Every day, thousands of Venezuelans flee brutal oppression and grinding poverty – literally voting with their feet. The United States will not sit idly by as Venezuela ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Vice President Mike Pence, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Mike Pence
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Today Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray on the margins of the G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During their meeting, Deputy Secretary Sullivan and Foreign Secretary Videgaray discussed continued cooperation on managing a shared border and the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 May, 2018 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, News, U.S. & Mexico
Washington, D.C., May 17, 2018 – Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 20-21 to lead the U.S. delegation to the G-20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Following the G-20, the Deputy Secretary will travel to Brasilia, Brazil to meet with leaders and launch the U.S.-Brazil Security Forum.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 May, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Argentina, Brazil, G-20
Washington, DC, May 17, 2018 – On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, the United States stands with people around the world in affirming the dignity and equality of all people regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics. Human rights are universal, and LGBTI people are entitled to the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 May, 2018 | Topics:
Human Rights, Key Officials, Press Releases
As part of a new interagency effort to apprehend drug trafficker Adelmo Niebla-Gonzalez, the State Department is offering up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction. Numerous investigations conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have identified Niebla-Gonzalez as the alleged leader of a Transnational Criminal ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Adelmo Niebla-Gonzalez, Reward
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Secretary Pompeo participated via videoconference today in the Lima Group foreign and finance ministers meeting, which was hosted by Mexico and included representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Saint Lucia. Representatives from the European Union and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
On May 14, the U.S. Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo moved to a new location. Our new address is Paseo Colon, 1901, Colonia Madero, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 88260. From May 14-21, the Consulate’s American Citizen Services (ACS) section will offer emergency ACS services only. Routine ACS and visa services will resume on May 21. For ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 May, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Consulates, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Nuevo Laredo, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: U.S. consulate
Our engagement in the Americas, of course, is not a recent phenomenon. Since the birth of our republic, the United States has had strong relationships in the Western Hemisphere, bonds built on geography, shared values, and robust economic ties. We strive to coexist peacefully and to do so in a mutually beneficial way.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 May, 2018 | Topics:
Policy, Speeches, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Department of State
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 – **As Prepared** It is great to be here with you all today. I first want to thank Susan Segal and Eric Farnsworth with the Council of the Americas. And of course I want to thank my esteemed predecessor Ambassador John Negroponte. I am here today because the Trump Administration places a ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Speeches, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Nikki Haley, United Nations
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Ambassador Gonzalez, Secretary General Almagro, Ambassador Trujillo, permanent representatives, distinguished members of Congress, ambassadors, all of our honored guests, it is my great honor to be here in the House of the Americas to address this session of the Organization of American States. Thank you for the honor of being with you ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good afternoon. Today it is my pleasure and a great honor to welcome the Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray to the State Department. Welcome. We had a great discussion and we had so because Mexico is one of the United States’ closest partners. Together we are working to build a more secure, prosperous, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Mexico City, May 5th, 2018 – “I am sad to leave Mexico, but take with me a deep affection for this marvelous country and the Mexican people. I believe we have made great strides in our bilateral relationship. I am not saying goodbye, but rather so long for now!” So said U.S. Ambassador to Mexico ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 5 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Chargé D’Affaires, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
SECRETARY POMPEO: This is truly humbling. Thank you very much, Mr. President, for those kind words. Thank you, Mr. Vice President, for being here today to honor me by swearing me in. Thank you, Ambassador Lawler. Ambassador Glendon, thank you so much for that invocation. I used to work for her for $7.50 an hour. (Laughter.) ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Morelia, May 2-4, 2018 – Consular officials from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City visited Morelia, Michoacán, this week to share information about U.S. consular services. At meetings with local government and NGO representatives in Morelia, the officials answered questions about U.S. passports; U.S. citizenship; tourist, student, and H-2 work visas; and fraud prevention. The officials ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 May, 2018 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
This is the last World Press Freedom Day I spend as Ambassador to Mexico. It has been an honor to get to know so many brave Mexican journalists who every day perform a duty that empowers society and strengthens democracy. I am deeply sorry for so many lives lost to those who think that they ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: World Press Freedom Day
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY POMPEO May 3, 2018 On the 25th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, we renew our commitment to promoting and protecting a free press, which is an essential pillar of democracy. The United States values freedom of the press as a key component of democratic governance. By fostering a free press, citizens are more ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 May, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: Secretary Pompeo, World Press Freedom Day
The repugnant political violence by police and pro-government thugs against the people of Nicaragua, particularly university students, has shocked the democratic international community. As a nation that supports free speech as a human and civil right, the United States condemns the violence and repression propagated by the Government of Nicaragua and any closing of media. The ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 April, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Nicaragua
Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. – Roberta Jacobson was in Nuevo Laredo on April 24, 2018 in what will be her last visit to this border city as Ambassador of the United States. The Ambassador dedicated the new U.S. Consulate General facilities along with guests of honor from municipal and state government. As a display of our enduring ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 April, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Nuevo Laredo, Press Releases, Public Affairs
Lima, Peru, April 15, 2018 – THE VICE PRESIDENT: Secretary General Almagro, President Vizcarra, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and leaders from across the Western Hemisphere — it is my great honor to join you today, as Vice President of the United States of America, at the 8th Summit of the Americas. And I bring greetings and great ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 April, 2018 | Topics:
Key Officials, Speeches, Vice President Mike Pence
| Tags: Bashar al Assad, Summit of the Americas
The Consulate General’s Youth Council in Ciudad Juarez held its first session today with new recently selected members. The group members had an opportunity to meet one another, as well as speak to Public Affairs Officer Brian Straight about pressing issues relevant to young people. The Consulate General’s Youth Council is a diverse group of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Events, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: EducationUSA, Youth Council
Acting Secretary Sullivan’s Meeting with Venezuelan Civil Society The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Acting Secretary of State John J. Sullivan and USAID Administrator Mark Green met today with representatives from Venezuelan civil society on the margins of the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru. The Acting Secretary and the Administrator applauded ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 April, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
Fugitive wanted for the kidnapping and murder of a federal agent is added to the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” List WASHINGTON – Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director David L. Bowdich, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary James Walsh, and U.S. Marshals Service Acting Associate ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 April, 2018 | Topics:
Consulates, Law Enforcement, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Caro Quintero, Rafael Caro Quintero, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Acting Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will travel to Lima, Peru from April 11-14 to accompany Vice President Mike Pence at the Eighth Summit of the Americas. During the Summit, the United States will promote priorities of mutual interest to the region, including supporting democracy; addressing the political and humanitarian crisis and restoring democracy in Venezuela; stemming ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 April, 2018 | Topics:
News, U.S. Agencies, Western Hemisphere
The Vice President is honored to represent the United States at the 8th Summit of the Americas at President Trump’s request. He looks forward to promoting policy that will lead to an even stronger U.S. economy and working with our close allies in Latin America to collectively hold undemocratic actors in the region accountable for their ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 April, 2018 | Topics:
News, Vice President Mike Pence, Western Hemisphere
WASHINGTON—Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss security issues affecting both the United States and Mexico. During their meeting, Secretary Nielsen and President Peña Nieto discussed their efforts to improve border security through close collaboration. They focused on ways to facilitate more secure trade and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 March, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
TAPACHULA, Mexico, March 27, 2018 – Desarrollo Integral para la Familia (DIF) partnered with Coast Guardsman from the United States Coast Guard Cutter STEADFAST at “Viva México” Temporary Shelter for Migrant Minors Monday morning. Coast Guardsmen assisted with renovation projects at the shelter, which was made possible through the partnership between the U.S. Department of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 March, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen traveled to Mexico City, Mexico to meet with her Mexican counterparts to discuss economic and national security issues affecting both the United States and Mexico. In separate bilateral meetings with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Videgaray Caso and Secretary of Interior Alfonso Navarrete Prida, Secretary ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 March, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: foreign affairs, Nielsen
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will travel to Mexico City, Mexico from March 26 – 27 to participate in bilateral meetings with Secretary of Interior Alfonso Navarrete Prida and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Videgaray Caso. She will also meet with the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Department of Homeland Security employees. These ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 March, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
At Signing Of A Presidential Memorandum Targeting China’s Economic Aggression THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you everybody. This has been long in the making. You’ve heard many, many speeches by me and talks by me, and interviews where I talk about unfair trade practices. We’ve lost, over a fairly short period of time, 60,000 factories in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 March, 2018 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, based on ongoing dialogues, President Donald J. Trump authorized the modification of the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to suspend the tariffs for certain countries before they take effect. These suspensions are based on factors including ongoing discussions regarding measures to reduce global excess capacity in steel and aluminum ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 March, 2018 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Consulates, News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases
| Tags: imports, Section 232, steel and aluminium
On Wednesday March 22, over 40 women professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders from Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua city gathered at the residence of the U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez for a networking event. During the networking event, Consul General Daria L. Darnell offered remarks highlighting the importance of networking to the women, many of whom ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 March, 2018 | Topics:
Business, Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: #InspirandoEmprendedoras
As part of the U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez’s efforts to promote equality and social inclusion for persons with disabilities, Diego Mariscal, founder and CEO of 2Gether International, visited Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez. He delivered a week-long program about his inspiring personal story as a person born with cerebral palsy but who overcame the odds ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Education, Events, News, Public Affairs
Date: March 16, 2018 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico Event: As a result of recent incidents in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Mexican municipal, state, and federal entities have put into place new security procedures in tourist areas. Effective immediately, U.S. government personnel are permitted to travel to all parts of Playa del Carmen. Effective ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 March, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Alert
Weeklong program of events for Mexico’s justice sector advances consolidation of the accusatory criminal justice system Mexico City, March 9, 2018 — Today is the culmination of a weeklong program of events organized under the Merida Initiative, including conferences, interdisciplinary exchanges, and fora for U.S. and Mexican criminal justice sector actors. Throughout the week U.S. federal judges ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, Merida Initiative
Date: March 9, 2018 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico Event: Due to an ongoing security threat, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is revising its travel restrictions to Playa del Carmen for U.S. government personnel. U.S. government personnel are prohibited from travel to Centro, Calica, Gonzalo Guerrero, Quintas del Carmen, and Villas del Carmen neighborhoods of Playa del ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 March, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Security message, Travel Alerts, U.S citizens
Date: March 7, 2018 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico Event: On March 7, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City received information about a security threat in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Effective immediately, U.S. Government employees are prohibited from traveling to Playa del Carmen until further notice. The U.S. Consular Agency in Playa del ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 March, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Security alert
Date: March 7, 2018 Location: Mexico – Countrywide Event: Each year, thousands of U.S. citizens visit Mexico during Spring Break. While the vast majority of travelers have safe and enjoyable trips, Spring Break travel can sometimes include unforeseen problems such as the following: Medical Emergencies: An illness or accident could result in the need to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 March, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Consulates, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Safety and Security, Travel Advisories, Travel Alerts, Travel Warnings
New Kingpin Act Sanctions Target Joel Efren Ruelas Avila Washington –The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today increased its pressure on major Mexican heroin traffickers by targeting individuals and companies close to the new leadership of the Ruelas Torres drug trafficking organization (Ruelas Torres DTO). Treasury imposed additional sanctions on ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 March, 2018 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
Mexico City, March 2, 2018 — U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson celebrated the 150th anniversary of the American Benevolent Society’s (ABS) founding with ABS President William Biese, Executive Director Barbara Franco, and other ABS members. To mark the anniversary, the Ambassador hosted the organization’s annual “Cherry Pie Festival” at her home. More than 150 guests attended ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, Cherry pie
Date: March 1, 2018 Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico Event: On March 1, undetonated explosive devices were found by Mexican law enforcement on a tourist ferry that operates between Cozumel-Playa del Carmen, Mexico. On February 21, an explosive device detonated on a tourist ferry in Playa del Carmen resulting in injuries, including to U.S. citizens. U.S. Government ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 March, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consulates, News, Overseas Security Advisory Council, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Safety and Security, Travel Advisories, Travel Alerts, Travel Warnings
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico to offer condolences to the families of the victims of the helicopter accident in Oaxaca. President Peña Nieto returned the sentiment and expressed Mexico’s solidarity with the United States following the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. President Trump underscored his commitment ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 February, 2018 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Senior Trump Administration officials yesterday hosted a meeting at the White House with a delegation of Mexican officials, led by Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray. The following officials represented the United States: Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 February, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC February 14, 2018 We support the decision of Peru, as the host of the upcoming Summit of the Americas, to withdraw its invitation to President Maduro of Venezuela. Peru’s decision was made with the support of the Lima Group, which upheld the high democratic standard for Summit ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 February, 2018 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Democracy, Maduro, Venezuela, WHA
Mexico City, February 13, 2018 – Last week, in an example ofNorth American security collaboration against the threat of fentanyl, the governments of the United States, Mexico and Canada joined together to provide fentanyl detection training to Mexican Tax and Customs Agency (SAT) and Federal Police officials along with their canine law enforcement partners. The ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 February, 2018 | Topics:
Merida Initiative, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Francisco Palmieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs The Washington Foreign Press Center Washington, DC February 9, 2018 MODERATOR: Welcome, everybody. We’re going to get started. We have about 30 minutes for this briefing, so I don’t want to waste any time. I would like to welcome Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 February, 2018 | Topics:
Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
Design Architect Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects / Davis Brody Bond Architects, A Joint Venture General Contractor Caddell Construction Site 8.5-acres Total Project Budget $943.1 Million General Information The multi-building complex is being constructed on an 8.5-acre site in the New Polanco District of Mexico City, Mexico. The new Embassy will provide a secure, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 February, 2018 | Topics:
Fact Sheets, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Fact Sheet, Ground Breaking, new Embassy
Good morning. It is wonderful to see you all today for this historic occasion. We are marking the beginning of a new era for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. Me gustaría agradecer a maestro Alfonso Navarrete Prida, Secretario de Gobernación, al Dr. Miguel Ángel Mancera que creo que ya llegó, Jefe de Gobierno de la ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 February, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Featured Event, News, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, Ground Breaking, Mancera, Primera Piedra, Relaciones Exteriores
February 8, 2018 – Statement by Heather Nauert, U.S. Department of State Spokesperson. The United States denounces the decision by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council to unilaterally advance presidential elections without guarantees to ensure free, fair, and internationally-validated elections.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 February, 2018 | Topics:
Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Venezuela
Secretary’s Remarks: Joint Press Availability With Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland MODERATOR: (In progress) (Via interpreter) everybody and welcome to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We thank you for being here for the meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of North America: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 February, 2018 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
February 1, 2018 – In a celebration that highlighted the historical and cultural ties between the people of northeastern Mexico and the United States, U. S. Consul General in Monterrey Timothy Zúñiga-Brown hosted an academic forum and fair to commemorate the 120th anniversary of this diplomatic post. More than 300 guests were received in the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 February, 2018 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, History, Monterrey, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: 120th
SECRETARY TILLERSON: Thank you, thank you so much. And thank you, Greg, for that very kind, warm introduction, inviting me back home today. And I want to thank those at the Clements Center of National Security and the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law for hosting the event as well. As Greg mentioned ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 February, 2018 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Secretary Rex Tillerson, WHA
Issued on: January 30, 2018 Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow Americans: Less than 1 year has passed since I first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber, to speak on behalf of the American People — and to address their concerns, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 31 January, 2018 | Topics:
President Donald Trump, Speeches
| Tags: President Donald J. Trump
At the invitation of the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Dr. Lee Francis and his business partner Aaron Cuffee spent four days in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, from January 23-26, meeting with comic book fans, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, members of Chihuahua State’s indigenous communities, civil society groups and government officials. During his visit, Dr. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 January, 2018 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Ciudad Juarez, Education, Events, Public Affairs
Secretary Tillerson to Travel to Austin, Mexico City, Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Lima, Bogotá, and Kingston U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Austin, Texas, and then to Mexico City, Mexico; Bariloche and Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Perú; Bogotá, Colombia; and Kingston, Jamaica on February 1-7. The Secretary will engage with regional partners to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 January, 2018 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Luis Videgaray, Rex Tillerson
The governments of the United States and Mexico are pleased to announce the opening of the newly realigned segment of the Interstate 5 (I-5) south freeway to Mexico at the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE) on January 25. The new temporary segment offers a softened curve to the Mexican inspection station, El Chaparral, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 January, 2018 | Topics:
News, Tijuana, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Realigned I-5 South Segment, San Ysidro
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and all consulates are open for normal business operations per legislation signed by President Trump on Jan 22.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 January, 2018 | Topics:
News
Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State Hoover Institute at Stanford University Stanford, CA January 17, 2018 SECRETARY TILLERSON: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Well, good morning. And I really, really appreciate this opportunity to swing down to Stanford while I was out on the West Coast and particularly to address this group. And ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 January, 2018 | Topics:
News, Policy
Sinaloa Cartel Cell Leader Pleads Guilty For Involvement in the Importation of Tons of Narcotics into the United States Sinaloa Cartel cell leader Damaso Lopez-Serrano aka “Mini Lic,” pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for purpose of unlawful importation following his self-surrender to U.S. law enforcement authorities at the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 January, 2018 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Press Releases
FACT SHEET January 10, 2018 On January 10, 2018, the Department of State launched improvements to how we share information with U.S. travelers. These improvements will provide U.S. citizens with clear, timely, and reliable safety and security information worldwide. Under the new system, every country will have a Travel Advisory, providing levels of advice ranging ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 January, 2018 | Topics:
Fact Sheets, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Press Releases
Orlando, Florida, 8 January, 2018 — At their 2018 Winter Conference, the American Correctional Association (ACA) formally accredited 11 Mexican penitentiary institutions, including the central offices of the Guanajuato State Prisons Commission, and re-accredited another two facilities. With this announcement, the number of internationally accredited Mexican penitentiary institutions totals 81, making Mexico the leader outside ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 January, 2018 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Merida Initiative, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: penitentiaries
On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, the Department of State will make changes to our safety and security information to make it easier to find, understand, and use. Travel Advisories will replace Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts. Every country will have a Travel Advisory, which will provide one of four standard levels of advice. The Travel Advisory ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 5 January, 2018 | Topics:
Consulates, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Safety and Security, Travel Advisories, Travel Alerts, Travel Warnings
U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Travel Restrictions Lifted in Nuevo Casas Grandes December 20, 2017 U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez alerts all U.S. citizens that U.S. government personnel are no longer prohibited from traveling to the Nuevo Casas Grandes/Paquime region in the state of Chihuahua. All U.S. government personnel ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 December, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
More than 160 Children Received Christmas Presents Through Toys for Tots To celebrate the holiday season, the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey joined its Marine Detachment, for the fourth consecutive year, to collect toys among the consulate community and give to children of the community. At an event held on December 20, more than 160 ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 December, 2017 | Topics:
Culture, Monterrey, Public Affairs
| Tags: Toys for Tots
We can confirm the death of eight U.S. citizens as a result of the December 19 bus crash in Quintana Roo, Mexico. An additional seven U.S. citizens were injured in the accident. We express our heartfelt condolences to all those affected by this tragedy. We are in contact with local authorities, and have staff on ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 December, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico
The United States notes that Honduras’ Supreme Electoral Tribunal has declared incumbent president Juan Orlando Hernández the winner of the November 26 presidential elections. We understand this decision triggers a five-day period, as established by Honduran law, to present any challenges to the election result. We encourage political parties to use this avenue to raise ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 December, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: Heather Nauert, Honduras
A NEW NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR A NEW ERA: Less than a year after taking office, President Donald J. Trump is unveiling a new National Security Strategy that sets a positive strategic direction for the United States that will restore America’s advantages in the world and build upon our country’s great strengths. The 2017 National ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 December, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases
| Tags: National Security Strategy
The United States stands with the Venezuelan people, and supports their efforts to resolve the economic, political, and humanitarian crises facing their country. We remain deeply concerned that the Venezuelan people are experiencing dire humanitarian conditions, to include lack of access to affordable food and vital medicine, medical supplies, malnutrition, and a rise in malaria ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 December, 2017 | Topics:
News, Western Hemisphere
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexican Secretary of Interior Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, and Mexican Acting Attorney General Alberto Elias Beltran Dean Acheson Auditorium December 14, 2017 DEPUTY SECRETARY SULLIVAN: Good morning. Thank you for being here. I’m glad to participate in this second ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 December, 2017 | Topics:
Key Officials, News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Secretary Tillerson Hosts the Second U.S.-Mexico Strategic Dialogue on Disrupting Transnational Criminal Organization U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will convene the second high-level dialogue with their Mexican counterparts to continue discussion on strategies to disrupt transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) on December 14 at 9:00 a.m. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 December, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. Agencies
“In commemoration of International Human Rights Day, we renew our commitment to our core democratic values and to advocating for the human rights, freedom, and dignity of all people.”
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 December, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: universal declaration
Mexico and the United States of America Strengthen their Bilateral Dialogue and Cooperation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights The United States and Mexico held the 9th annual Bilateral High Level Dialogue on Human Rights today at the State Department in Washington, D.C. As strong bilateral partners and close neighbors, authorities from ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 December, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Friday, December 8, 2017 – Representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico shared plans to support the expansion of therapeutic justice throughout Mexico under the Merida Initiative. The proposals were aired during this week’s CIJ Congress on Addictions which is taking place simultaneously with the ISSUP Conference in Quintana Roo, Cancun. The announcement comes ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 December, 2017 | Topics:
Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: DTC, SESNSO
Trilateral Summit – Colombia, United States and México In the City of Cartagena, Colombia, on December 6th and 7th, 2017, the Attorney General of Colombia, Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira, the Attorney General of the United States of America, Jeff Sessions; and the Acting Prosecutor General of the United Mexican States, Alberto Elías Beltran, held ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 December, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies, Western Hemisphere
As part of the annual “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” campaign, local NGO Compañeros A.C. – with the support of the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez – held the conference entitled “Day 12 for Equality: Leave No One Behind”. The conference addressed the fact that worldwide it is estimated that 1-in-3 women ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 December, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Events, Grants, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: INL Mexico
Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Increased Criminal Activity in Nuevo Casas Grandes December 6, 2017 The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez alerts all U.S. citizens that due to recent security incidents in and around Nuevo Casas Grandes, U.S. government personnel are prohibited from traveling to the Nuevo Casas Grandes/Paquime region until December 20, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 December, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
This week, over 2,500 global experts are gathering in Mexico to discuss cutting edge techniques to reduce demand for illegal drugs and improve treatment. Doctors, scientists, academics, policymakers, drug treatment practitioners, and officials from over 65 countries – in addition to the United Nations, Organization of American States, World Health Organization, and other international organizations ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 December, 2017 | Topics:
Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
Mexico City, December 1, 2017— Representatives from Mexico, Canada, and the United States met in Mexico City December 1, 2017, for the Second Meeting of the North American Drug Dialogue (NADD). As part of the commitments of the North American Leaders Summit (NALS), the President of Mexico, the President of the United States and the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 December, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
“We call on all governments to join us in our shared responsibility to end violence against women.” Washington, DC, November 22, 2017 – In observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) on November 25 and the accompanying 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the United States reaffirms its commitment to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 November, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: violence against women, women
Washington, DC – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today released the following statement on the conclusion of the fifth round of renegotiations in Mexico City, Mexico for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): “While we have made progress on some of our efforts to modernize NAFTA, I remain concerned about the lack of headway. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 November, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases, Trade
| Tags: NAFTA
Mexico City, Mexico – Today in Mexico City, the negotiating teams of Mexico, Canada, and the United States, concluded the Fifth Round of the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), gathering nearly 30 negotiating groups. In response to Ministerial instructions at the end of the Fourth Round, Chief Negotiators concentrated ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 November, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Press Releases
Jacksonville, Florida, 18 November, 2017 — The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) formally awarded its prestigious TRI-ARC Award to the state of Guanajuato for achieving concurrent accreditation of its state law enforcement, public safety communications center, and police academy. Only one other state law enforcement agency holds this award in Mexico – ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: CALEA, Guanajuato, Merida initiati
Media Statement on the Executive Steering Committee of the 21st Century Border Management Initiative WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, the 21st Century Border Executive Steering Committee continued its discussion on the strategic partnership between the United States and Mexico on securing the border and improving border efficiency. The U.S. delegation was led by Department of State ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: 21st Century Border, Media Statement
Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Carl Risch led the U.S. delegation in a collaborative and productive bilateral Consular Dialogue with the government of Mexico Friday, November 17, 2017. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad Jacob Prado led the Mexican delegation. The United States and Mexico focused on strengthening joint ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
Washington, D.C. – United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today released an updated summary of the negotiating objectives for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This update marks the first time USTR has released a second updated version of negotiating objectives. The new objectives update the previous objectives published on July 17, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 November, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Opportunities, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Canada, Mexico
Austin, Texas and Mexico City, November 16, 2017—The University of Texas (UT) is deepening its historically strong relationship with Mexico by opening an office in Mexico City at the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico (UNAM). With new staff on the ground in Mexico, UT plans to expand collaborations with Mexican educational and scientific organizations. The office ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 November, 2017 | Topics:
Education, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: University Texas
Good morning everyone, I am delighted to be here, and thank you, Andy, for that introduction. We have one other thing in common, which is some quality time spent in New Jersey, my home state, so I am delighted to meet a fellow New Jersian. I am really delighted to be here, and thank the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 November, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Featured Event, News, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador, Ambassador Jacobson, Ambassador Speech, Decision Makers
Mexico City, November 14, 2017—Discovery Kids and the United States Embassy in Mexico announced a partnership to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education among 8-12 year-old girls through a series of short episodes titled “Why, oh why?” They will air in Discovery Kids in November. This joint venture between both organizations seeks to increase ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 November, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Education, Nogales, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: oh why?, United States government, Wy
Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated ten current or former Venezuelan government officials pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13692. These individuals are associated with undermining electoral processes, media censorship, or corruption in government-administered food programs in Venezuela. This designation follows October 15, 2017 state elections in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: government
Two Zeta Cartel Members Sentenced To Life Prison Terms In Slaying Of Ice Special Agent Jaime Zapata And Attempted Murder Of Ice Special Agent Victor Avila Five Other Defendants to be Sentenced Tomorrow WASHINGTON – Two Mexican nationals were sentenced today to two terms of life in prison for the murder of a federal officer, attempted ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 November, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Department of Justice, FBI, Jaime Zapata
Committed to defending and promoting human rights, Public Affairs Officer Brian Straight and Vice Consul Brandon Thompson, representing the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, participated in the first-ever LGBTI march in Delicias, Chihuahua. Nearly 200 people from Delicias, Camargo and Chihuahua city attended in support of tolerance and inclusion. Before the march, Consul Straight ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 November, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Events, Human Rights, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: LGBTI
On October 26, the United Nations-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM)—an independent, technical body established by unanimous vote of the UN Security Council—released its most recent report on chemical weapons use in Syria. The experts of the JIM concluded with confidence that the Assad regime used the chemical weapon sarin ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 November, 2017 | Topics:
Key Officials, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Chemical weapons, Syria, UN
STATEMENT BY HEATHER NAUERT, SPOKESPERSON November 2, 2017 Around the world, journalists work often at great personal risk to report on issues that impact the lives of individuals in all societies. They shine a light on abuses and corruption, expose threats posed by transnational criminal organizations, and counter disinformation and propaganda that spread false narratives. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 November, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases
| Tags: journalists
Mexico City, November 1, 2017 – The US Government, through USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, continues to provide assistance to Mexico in the aftermath of the September 19 earthquake. To support much-needed inspections of homes, schools, and businesses damaged by the earthquake, USAID/OFDA is providing $100K to the global engineering firm Miyamoto International, which will work together with and train Mexican engineers ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of today’s terrorist attack in New York City and their families. My Administration will provide its full support to the New York City Police Department, including through a joint investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. We offer our thanks to the first responders who stopped the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 November, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: New York
SAN DIEGO – Major Mexican drug cartel leader Sajid Emilio Quintero Navidad, aka Cadete, was arraigned in federal court on October 11, 2017, following his arrest by United States law enforcement at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on charges arising out of the Southern District of California. Quintero Navidad is the cousin of fugitive ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 October, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Caro Quintero, drug trafficking
Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC October 27, 2017 The United States welcomes the Lima Group’s leadership in addressing the deteriorating situation in Venezuela. The Lima Group’s recent declaration in Toronto — including its support for the provision of humanitarian assistance for the Venezuelan people, condemnation of electoral abuses and call for electoral ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Lima
On October 28, authorities from the United States and Mexico held a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the physical delivery of the Chamizal in Ciudad Juarez. The ceremony was held at the Benito Juarez monument located in the Chamizal park. The Consul General of the United States in Ciudad Juarez Daria L. Darnell ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Events, History, Public Affairs, U.S. & Mexico
On Saturday, October 28, employees of the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, as well as employees of neighboring businesses and members of the Youth Council, got together to clean up the vicinity of the Consulate as part of the “Clean Up the World” campaign promoted by the Juarez Limpio civil organization. Through this campaign, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Events, News, Public Affairs
Mexico City, October 27, 2017 – Continuing his visit to Mexico City today, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met with Luis Felipe Puente, México’s National Coordinator for Civil Protection. They discussed the recent earthquakes that struck México, and Administrator Green expressed condolences for those who lost homes and loved ones as a ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Mark Green, Protección civil
The United States and the global aviation community face an adaptive and agile enemy. Terrorists continue to target commercial aviation, and the United States continues to work with our partners to raise the baseline of global aviation security and keep the entire traveling public safe. Terrorist groups are actively working to compromise passenger aircraft, including ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 October, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Press Releases, Travel & Tourism, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: airplanes, airports, security, TSA
Readout of USAID Administrator Green’s Meeting with Ambassador Agustin Garcia-Lopez, Executive Director, Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation The following is attributable to Acting Spokesperson Clayton M. McCleskey: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met with Ambassador Agustin Garcia-Lopez, Executive Director of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Mark Green, USAID
The two countries will work together with Central American governments to improve trade, increase transparency, grow prosperity Mexico City, October 26, 2017 – Today United States Agency for International Development Administrator Green met with officials from the government Mexico today to deepen their commitment to advance prosperity in Central America. Over the next six months, the two ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
On October 26, the Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Brian Straight, offered a presentation on the academic relationship between the United States and Mexico at the XXV Annual AMPEI (Mexican Association for International Education) Conference. In his remarks, he highlighted initiatives that seek to expand opportunities for educational exchanges, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Education, Events, Public Affairs
In recognition of Intersex Awareness Day, the United States stands in solidarity with intersex persons and their advocates around the world. We recognize that intersex persons face violence, discrimination, harassment, and persecution on account of their sex characteristics. At a young age, intersex persons routinely face forced medical surgeries without free or informed consent. These ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: intesexual
n addition to that, I’d like to mention to you our Deputy Secretary John Sullivan was in Mexico yesterday. He traveled to Mexico, and during his trip he delivered remarks to the annual Mexican Business Summit, where he reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship. Deputy Secretary Sullivan also met with Mexican President ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Mexico City, October 24, 2017 — United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green will travel to Mexico City from October 25-27 to announce new areas of cooperation between the United States and Mexico in Central America and survey USAID projects, including technical assistance provided after the September 19, 2017, earthquake in Mexico ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 October, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
Thank you Mr. Garcia Cacho [Executive Director, Business Summit] for the invitation to speak, and for the warm welcome and introduction. And I’d also like to recognize the Tourism Secretary of Mexico, Secretary De La Madrid, who is joining us today. I am grateful to be here in this beautiful setting, beautiful San Luis Potosi, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
From October 18-20, American Music Abroad-sponsored, Grammy-nominated artist Maimouna Youssef and her band offered a series of concerts and master classes bringing smiles, friendship, and a message of empowerment for women and minorities to audiences throughout Chihuahua state. Her first engagement was a master class for select music students at the Chihuahua Autonomous University. Singer, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 October, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Ciudad Juarez, Culture, Events, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: ExchangeOurWorld
Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will travel to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to address the Mexico Business Forum on October 23. While in Mexico, the Deputy Secretary will meet with U.S. and Mexican business leaders and reaffirm the importance of the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Sections & Offices, U.S. & Mexico
MEXICO CITY – Jesus Rosario Favela Astorga (a.k.a. “Chuy”), who is charged with the first-degree murder of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, was arrested by Mexican law enforcement officers over the weekend. Favela Astorga’s arrest was based on the United States’ request for his extradition. He was the last remaining fugitive of seven ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
A U.S. delegation, led by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson, Department of State Deputy Assistance Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs John Creamer and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Michael Dougherty, met with Mexico’s delegation, led by Eugenio Imaz Gispert, Director of Mexico’s Center for Investigation and National Security, to review our security cooperation ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Law Enforcement, News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. Agencies, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, TCO
The United States applauds the courage, determination, and will of the Venezuelan people who tried to exercise their constitutional right to vote in the October 15 gubernatorial elections. We condemn the lack of free and fair elections yesterday in Venezuela. The voice of the Venezuelan people was not heard. Our previously stated concerns were unfortunately ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Gubernatorial elections
Monterrey, NL October 12, 2017 – In an effort to improve the educational and job opportunities for talented young people, the Consulate and binational center in Monterrey, Relaciones Culturales, awarded 100 scholarships through the English Access program to young students of Nuevo Leon. The project includes scholarship for students to learn U.S. English and computer ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 October, 2017 | Topics:
Education, English Language Learning, Monterrey, Scholarships and Exchanges
Mexico City, October 6, 2017—We are grateful for the government of Mexico’s offer of help to the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mexican authorities are working with the appropriate contacts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide assistance, and there are already Mexican technical personnel in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: (FEMA), Puerto Rico
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Announces the Construction Award for the New U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico The Department of State has awarded the construction contract for the new U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico to Caddell Construction Company of Montgomery, Alabama. The new campus will include a Chancery, Marine residence, and support ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Alabama., Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Caddell Construction Company of Montgomery, Embassy
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its program EnfoqueDH, along with Citizens in Support of Human Rights, AC (CADHAC), and the Attorney General of the State of Nuevo Leon signed an agreement to provide technical assistance in the field of human rights. This collaboration among civil society and the governments seeks to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 October, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, Monterrey, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: USAID
The U.S. Consulate General in Merida cautions U.S. citizens that Tropical Storm Nate is expected to continue moving towards the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The Mexican Metrological Service has issued a Hurricane Watch for the coast of Mexico from Punta Herrero, Quintana Roo to Rio Lagartos, Yucatan. Tropical Storm Nate is expected to produce rainfall ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 5 October, 2017 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
| Tags: Mérida, Quintana Roo, tropical storm, Yucatán
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, who called to express condolences on behalf of the Mexican people for the loss of life in the Las Vegas tragedy. President Trump welcomed President Peña Nieto’s expression of thanks for the rapid deployment of U.S. search and rescue teams to Mexico ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 October, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Mexico
The U.S. Embassy cautions U.S. citizens that Tropical Storm Ramon is expected to continue moving along the southwestern coast of Mexico. The Mexican Metrological Service issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the coast of Mexico from Puerto Angel, Oaxaca to Acapulco, Guerrero. Tropical Storm Ramon is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 October, 2017 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages
| Tags: Ramon
Monterrey, NL October 1, 2017 — For the second year, the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey, in coordination with the Consulates General in Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo, conducted a series of professional seminars – Free the Press 2017 – for journalists offered by U.S. experts. The seminars addressed over 100 distinguished journalists from the states ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 October, 2017 | Topics:
Education, Events, Human Rights, Matamoros, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Public Affairs
| Tags: Free the press
U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara, Mexico Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Increased Criminal Activity in the Area around San Blas and Tepic, Nayarit September 29, 2017 The U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara alerts all U.S. citizens that due to increased violence and cartel activity in the state of Nayarit, the Consulate is extending its September 15, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Guadalajara, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages
On September 29 at the new S-Mart Civic Center, U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez’s Youth Council held REACH: How Far Do You Want to Go?, an event aiming to assist high school students in making more informed vocational decisions. The 140 students in attendance from three area high schools were afforded the opportunity to talk to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 29 September, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Education, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: Youth Council
Ambassador Lighthizer: Good Afternoon. First, thank you Minister Freeland, Canadian government officials as well as Canadian citizens for the welcome and hospitality you have provided to us in hosting this third round. I would like to also offer the thoughts and prayers of Americans for our friends in Mexico who are dealing with these terrible ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Lighthizer
Ottawa, Canada – Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexican Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo, and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today successfully concluded the third round of the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The round took place in Ottawa, Canada from September 23 to 27, 2017. Negotiators ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 September, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Canada, Chrystia Freeland, Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexico, NAFTA, Robert Lighthizer, United States
$5 Million Reward Offered For Information Leading To Arrest And/Or Conviction Of Fausto Isidro Meza-Flores WASHINGTON – The FBI Washington Field Office, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Narcotics Rewards Program, announced today a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to the arrest and/or conviction of Fausto Isidro ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Beltrán-Leyva, Meza-Flores
Ambassador Roberta S. Jacobson Confirms U.S. Government Assistance to Red Cross of Mexico to for Earthquake Victims. On September 25, 2017 Ambassador Jacobson participated in a donation ceremony with Eduardo S. Aguero Le Duc, Vice President of the Red Cross Mexico. During the ceremony the Ambassador confirmed $100,000 in U.S. Government assistance to the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 September, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
FBI increases reward offering, up to $100,000 The FBI today announced the addition of Santiago “Pucho” Villalba Mederos to its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list. The FBI and Tacoma Police Department seek the public’s help in locating Mederos, 26, whom investigators allege is responsible for murders in the Tacoma, Washington, area. Mederos should be considered armed ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 September, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Villalba Mederos
The U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara cautions U.S. citizens that Tropical Depression Eighteen-E is now Tropical Storm Pilar, affecting the area from Playa Perula northward to El Roblito, including the Islas Marias. Tropical storm force winds, large swells, and very heavy rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mud slides. The Mexican government has issued a ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: 18-E, tropical depression, tropical storm
Mexico City, September 21, 2017—“Like everyone in Mexico City, Puebla and Morelos, I lived through the moments of anguish during last Tuesday’s earthquake. As president Trump noted, we are with our Mexican brothers and sisters in this critical time. I am moved by the palpable expressions of solidarity from so many citizens. I am deeply proud ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 September, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, os Angeles County Fire Department
STATEMENT BY CLAYTON M. McCLESKEY, ACTING SPOKESPERSON Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is deploying a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Mexico in response to urgent humanitarian needs caused by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck on September 19. The USAID DART, an elite team of disaster experts, will support the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico to extend his condolences for the lives lost and damage caused by yesterday’s earthquake in central Mexico. The President offered assistance and search-and-rescue teams, which are being deployed now. The President also pledged to continue close coordination with Mexico as the two countries ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: assitance, search-and-rescue teams
September 19, 2017 Regarding the Earthquake in Mexico Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Mexico affected by today’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake and other recent natural disasters. We stand ready to provide assistance should our neighbors request our help. Our embassy in Mexico City has sent out public messages to U.S. citizens in Mexico, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 September, 2017 | Topics:
Key Officials, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Earthquake, Heather Nauert
U.S. Embassy Mexico City Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: 7.1 Earthquake in Mexico September 19, 2017 The U.S. Embassy alerts U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Mexico that a 7.1 earthquake occurred in Mexico that has affected Mexico City, the state of Puebla, and other outlying areas. The epicenter was located near the Puebla state town of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
United Nations New York, New York 10:04 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT TRUMP: Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, world leaders, and distinguished delegates: Welcome to New York. It is a profound honor to stand here in my home city, as a representative of the American people, to address the people of the world. As millions of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 September, 2017 | Topics:
President Donald Trump, Speeches
| Tags: United Nations
Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Working Dinner with President Michel Temer of Brazil, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama, and Vice President Gabriela Michetti of Argentina Last night, President Donald J. Trump hosted a working dinner in New York with President Michel Temer of Brazil, President Juan ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 September, 2017 | Topics:
President Donald Trump, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Juan Carlos Varela of Panama, Panama, President Juan Manuel Santos, President Michel Temer, Vice President Gabriela Michetti
U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara, Mexico Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Increased Violence in the City of San Blas, Nayarit September 15, 2017 There are recent reports of increased violence and cartel activity in the city of San Blas, Nayarit. Effective immediately, U.S. government personnel are prohibited from travel within a 10km (6 mi) radius ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 September, 2017 | Topics:
Guadalajara, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Warning Message
The U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana cautions U.S. citizens that, as of 7:00 a.m Pacific Time, the National Hurricane Center is extending advisories for Tropical Storm Norma. There are no coastal watches in effect as of this time, but interests in Baja California Sur should monitor the progress of the storm. Swells generated by Norma ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Consulates, Emergency Services, Security & Emergency Messages, Tijuana
The U.S. Consular Agency in Acapulco resumed normal operations, today, September 15. Per the security message sent on September 14, the U.S. Consular Agency in Acapulco was closed on September 14 due to weather conditions related to Hurricane Max. Other information: See the
State Department’s travel website for the
Worldwide Caution , Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information for
Mexico . ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Sections & Offices, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: consular agency
September 16, 2017 On behalf of the Government of the United States, please accept our best wishes on the occasion of Mexico’s 207th anniversary of independence. The United States and Mexico are neighbors and partners, connected through family, educational, and cultural bonds, as well as important shared goals. We work together to secure our mutual ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 September, 2017 | Topics:
Monterrey, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Mexico, Secretary Tillerson
President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico to extend his condolences for the lives lost and homes destroyed due to the earthquake and Hurricane Katia. President Trump expressed solidarity with the government and people of Mexico as both our countries respond to the recent spate of natural disasters. President ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 September, 2017 | Topics:
President Donald Trump, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: President Donald Trump, President Peña Nieto
The U.S. Consular Agency in Acapulco will be closed today, September 14, due to weather conditions related to Hurricane Max. Hurricane Max is expected to make landfall today, Thursday, September 14, near Acapulco. The government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Warning for the southwest coast of Guerrero, Mexico from Zihuatanejo to Punta Maldonado. Maximum sustained ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 September, 2017 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Acapulco
Treasury Sanctions Mexican Entities and Individuals Linked to CJNG and the Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization OFAC Designates Four Entities and Three Individuals in the Guadalajara, Mexico Area Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Mexican entities and three Mexican individuals linked to the Cartel de ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: OFAC
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate the accomplishments of Hispanic Americans who have helped shape our great Nation. We are grateful for the many contributions Hispanic American men and women make to our society and the vibrancy they weave into our American culture. From America’s earliest days, Hispanic Americans have played a prominent and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Armed Forces, Hispanic Americans, National Hispanic Heritage Month 2017
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will embark on a three stop tour starting Wednesday, Sep. 13. Secretary Mattis will visit Minot, North Dakota and Omaha, Nebraska. He concludes his trip on Friday, Sep. 15 as the first to participate in the Mexican Independence Day activities. This will be the fifth ever visit by a U.S. Secretary of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Mexican Independence Day, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis
Mexico City, September 12, 2017 – The United States Government, through the Mérida Initiative, delivered 25 detection canines to Mexican law enforcement agencies in nine Mexican states between August 30-September 1, 2017. Under the Mérida Initiative, the U.S. government sponsored training in the United States for the canines and their handlers in the detection of weapons, narcotics, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 September, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Merida Initiative, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: detection dogs
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Secretary Tillerson spoke by telephone this evening with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray. The Secretary offered his condolences for the loss of life and the devastation caused by the earthquake in Mexico and from Hurricane Katia. The Secretary emphasized to Foreign Secretary Videgaray that the U.S. government ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Secretary Tillerson
A PROCLAMATION On Patriot Day, we honor the nearly 3,000 innocent lives taken from us on September 11, 2001, and all of those who so nobly aided their fellow citizens in America’s time of need. We rededicate ourselves to the ideals that define our country and unite us as one, as we commemorate all ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
U.S. Embassy Mexico City Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Hurricane Katia September 7, 2017 The U.S. Embassy cautions U.S. citizens that Hurricane Katia is expected to strengthen and should approach the Eastern coast of Mexico by early Saturday morning, September 9. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the Mexican Meteorological Service issued a Hurricane Warning for parts ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 September, 2017 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Hurricane Katia
Washington, DC – On September 5, 2017, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexican Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo concluded the second round of the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Mexico City, Mexico. This concluded five days of meetings by a ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 5 September, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Canada, Chrystia Freeland, Ildefonso Guajardo, Mexico, NAFTA, Robert Lighthizer, United States
The English-language version of the frequently asked questions on the September 5, 2017 Rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program can be found in:
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 5 September, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Press Releases
We are grateful for the government of Mexico’s offer of assistance to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. We responded to the government of Mexico through diplomatic channels and connected Mexican authorities with the appropriate contacts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA will continue to work with its state, local, and tribal partners ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 September, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens Tropical Storm Lidia August 31, 2017 The U.S. Consulates General in Tijuana and Hermosillo caution U.S. citizens that Tropical Storm Lidia is causing conditions to deteriorate across Southern Baja California Sur as it moves toward and over the Baja Peninsula. Ports, public transportation, businesses, and schools in Mazatlán and Baja ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 31 August, 2017 | Topics:
Hermosillo, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, Tijuana, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: EMERGENCY MESSAGE FOR U.S CITIZENS, Security message, Tropical storm lidia, U.S citizens
SECRETARY TILLERSON: Mr. Secretary, welcome. Welcome to the State Department again. It’s always a pleasure to have you here. FOREIGN SECRETARY VIDEGARAY: Thank you. Thank you very much. SECRETARY TILLERSON: Thank you. And I – particularly I want to thank the Government of Mexico for its offer of assistance to the state of Texas. They’ve offered a wide ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Luis Videgaray, Rex Tillerson
U.S. Embassy Mexico City Security Message for U.S. Citizens Mass Demonstrations in Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, and Guerrero States August 30, 2017 The U.S. Embassy advises its citizens in Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, and Guerrero States to avoid the vicinity of expected demonstrations held by teachers, students, and other groups scheduled to begin September 1, 2017. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 August, 2017 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages
| Tags: Chiapas, Guerrero
The U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana cautions U.S. citizens that as of 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time the National Hurricane Center is extending advisories for a potential tropical storm. Strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours and the system could become a hurricane by Thursday or Friday. The disturbance is expected to become a tropical ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 August, 2017 | Topics:
Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, Tijuana, Western Hemisphere
Mexico City, August 28, 2017—The Mexican Association of Universities and Higher Learning Institutions (ANUIES) and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico through its Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the program Harnessing the Will to Professionalize and Certify Criminal Justice System Operators and Communicators, in an effort to strengthen law enforcement in Mexico.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 August, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, ANUIES, USAID
CHICAGO – After eight years on the run, a Chicago man who is one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” is now in custody, announced Michael J. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Chicago Field Office. Mr. Anderson is joined by Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) Eddie Johnson; Cook County ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: Luis Macedo, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
President Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order imposing strong, new financial sanctions on the dictatorship in Venezuela. The Maduro dictatorship continues to deprive the Venezuelan people of food and medicine, imprison the democratically-elected opposition, and violently suppress freedom of speech. The regime’s decision to create an illegitimate Constituent Assembly—and most recently to have ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Financial Sanctions
The U.S. Consulate General Matamoros cautions U.S. citizens that the National Hurricane Center along with the Mexican Meteorological Service issued a Tropical Storm Watch for northeastern Tamaulipas, including the cities of Matamoros and San Fernando. Tropical Storm Harvey is expected to strengthen and make landfall as a hurricane near Baffin Bay, Texas the evening of Friday, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 August, 2017 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens, Nuevo Laredo, Security & Emergency Messages, Travel & Tourism, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: hurricane, Matamoros
The U.S. Department of State renewed the Travel Warning for Mexico on August 22, This is a routine update that replaces the Travel Warning issued on December 8, 2016. The Department of State reviews Travel Warnings on a regular basis to ensure they remain valid and up to date. Background on Travel Warnings The ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Mexico, travel warning
Washington, DC – On August 16, 2017, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexican Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo launched the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Washington, DC. This began five full days of meetings by a team of subject matter ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 August, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Canada, Mexico, NAFTA, United States
Fifteen Mexican Penitentiaries recognized for Internationally-Compliant Operations at Corrections Conference St Louis, Missouri, 20 August, 2017 — The American Correctional Association (ACA) formally accredited today 12 Mexican penitentiary institutions, including the central offices of the Federal Prisons Commission, for the first time, and re-accredited another three. Since 2009, the ACA has accredited 70 Mexican ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 August, 2017 | Topics:
Government Offices, Law Enforcement, Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: ACA, Merida Initiative
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE: President Santos, thank you for the warm welcome you and Maria Clemencia have shown to me and my wife, Karen. It was an honor, along with President Donald Trump, to welcome you to the White House during your historic visit in May. And now it is a personal honor for me to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, Speeches, Vice President Mike Pence, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: President Santos, Vice President Pence
Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated eight individuals involved in organizing or otherwise supporting the creation of Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly (Asamblea Constituyente or AC) and participating in anti-democratic actions pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13692. The AC, which seeks to rewrite the Venezuelan constitution and dissolve Venezuelan ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 August, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies, Western Hemisphere
OFAC Kingpin Act Action Targets 22 Mexican Nationals and 43 Entities in Mexico Washington – Today, in coordination with U.S. and Mexican law enforcement actions, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified Mexican national Raul Flores Hernandez and the Flores Drug Trafficking Organization (Flores DTO) as Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 August, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Kingpin Act. PGR
August 8, 2017 The U.S. Embassy cautions U.S. citizens that Tropical Storm Franklin is expected to strengthen during the evening of Tuesday, August 8 through Wednesday, August 9 as the storm leaves the Yucatan peninsula and moves over the Bay of Campeche. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) along with the Mexican Metrological Service have ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 August, 2017 | Topics:
Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages
August 7, 2017 The U.S. Consulate General in Merida continues to monitor Tropical Storm Franklin (Tropical Cyclone 7) and cautions U.S. citizens that the storm is expected to strengthen and should move over the Yucatan Peninsula this evening, Monday, August 7. The Government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Watch from Chetumal north to Punta Allen ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 August, 2017 | Topics:
Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages
| Tags: Cyclone 7
First National Forensic Sciences Symposium promotes greater collaboration between justice sector actors in support of Mexico’s accusatory criminal justice system Mexico City, August 7, 2017 – The first National Forensic Sciences Symposium in Mexico opened today. Nearly 200 forensic laboratory directors, quality assurance managers and technical leaders, as well as several State Attorney Generals, from Mexico’s ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 August, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Forensic Medicine., National Forensic Sciences Symposium
STATEMENT BY HEATHER NAUERT, SPOKESPERSON The United States considers the Venezuelan National Constituent Assembly the illegitimate product of a flawed process designed by the Maduro dictatorship to further its assault on democracy. The process was rigged from the start, from the irregular manner in which the election was decreed to the government’s refusal to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Constituent Assembly
U.S. and Mexican Forensic Scientists, Historians, and Anthropologists Share Findings Monterrey, NL August 1, 2017 — The United States Consul General in Monterrey Timothy Zúñiga-Brown hosted a video conference with four U.S. experts who collaborated in the
investigation to identify the remains of several soldiers of the 1846 Battle of Monterrey. Later, he offered a reception ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 August, 2017 | Topics:
Education, Events, Monterrey, U.S. & Mexico
Remarks by Ambassador Jacobson at the Launching of the Blue Heart Campaign 2.0 “#AQUÍ ESTOY” Against Trafficking in Persons Good Afternoon. Secretary Osorio Chong, Mr. Brandolino, President of CONAGO, Miguel Ángel Mancera, Distinguished members of the presidium, Welcome to all and thank you for the invitation and your presence here today. As we commemorate ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 31 July, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Featured Event, Human Rights, Merida Initiative, News, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, Ambassador Speech, Blue Heart Campaign 2.0, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13692, which authorizes sanctions against current or former officials of the Government of Venezuela and others undermining democracy in Venezuela. These sanctions come a day after the Maduro ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 31 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: treasury
The United States condemns the elections imposed on July 30 for the National Constituent Assembly, which is designed to replace the legitimately elected National Assembly and undermine the Venezuelan people’s right to self-determination. The United States stands by the people of Venezuela, and their constitutional representatives, in their quest to restore their country to a ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 31 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Western Hemisphere
Improving the experience visa applicants and American citizens receive at the Consulate Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, July 27, 2017- The Consulate General in Monterrey is pleased to announce the completion of the construction of the Consular pavilion for the consular services applicants, which began construction in December 2016. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was let by the Consul ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 July, 2017 | Topics:
Monterrey, News, Press Releases, U.S. Citizen Services, Visas
Mérida, Yucatan, July 28, 2017 – Today, the Yucatan State Attorney General formally recognized a group of 60 forensic scientists and police officers who completed a training course in Crime Scene Investigation (CSI), a collaborative effort by the governments of the United States of America and Mexico under the Mérida Initiative. Yucatán is the first state in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 July, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)
Action Targets Officials of Entities Undermining Democracy in Venezuela Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 13 current or former senior officials of the Venezuelan Government pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13692, which authorizes sanctions against officials of the Government of Venezuela and others undermining democracy there. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 July, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana joined forces with the Mexican Consulate in San Diego to participate in San Diego’s prominent annual Pride parade on July 15. Consul General Will Ostick led the U.S. half of the contingent, and Consul General Marcela Celorio led the Mexican half. Both were joined by diplomats, local staff, families, and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 July, 2017 | Topics:
Consul General, Consulates, Events, Human Rights, Public Affairs, Tijuana
The United States applauds the courage and determination of Venezuelans who exercised their rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly in defense of their democracy on July 16. Yesterday’s vote was a massive repudiation of the proposed National Constituent Assembly, which would undermine Venezuela’s democratic institutions. The vote by millions of Venezuelans was ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: President Maduro.
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, along with the Mexican Air Force, successfully conducted AMALGAM EAGLE 17, a tactical exercise, which was designed to enhance mutual warning and information sharing procedures in support of a cooperative response to a an illicit flight that crossed the U.S. – ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
As friend and a neighbor it’s an honor to be here with you to get to share our common goals and I am very honored to represent the U.S. government and the Trump Administration in Mexico City today. This is familiar territory for me. As governor of Texas for 14 years, I had the great ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Secretary Perry
The Consulate General participated in the (# Provericyt2017) organized by the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. This project received financial support from the U.S. Consulate, which supported various
community initiatives in the region . The three-week camp invites 600 students from the UANL system, of which 60 high school students from rural Nuevo Leon are sponsored by the consulate. The goal ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 July, 2017 | Topics:
Education, Events, Grants, Matamoros, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Public Affairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry will travel to Mexico City on Thursday, July 13, 2017 to meet with President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto and Mexico’s Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquin Coldwell. Both Secretary Perry and Secretary Joaquin Coldwell will provide brief remarks on Thursday. During this visit, they will discuss the great strides ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Energy, Secretary Rick Perry
We are pleased to announce the winners of the consulate call to fund community projects. Please visit our website to learn about these
projects . The call sought proposals that addressed issues in the promotion of human rights, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, proposals related to democracy, freedom of expression, civil society and good ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 July, 2017 | Topics:
Grants, Matamoros, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Public Affairs
Monterrey, Nuevo León, July 11, 2017 – For second year in a row and with the goal of providing support to communities in Northeastern Mexico and strengthening the bilateral relation between the U.S. and Mexico, the Consulate General in Monterrey in coordination with Consulates General in Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros opened their request for proposals for ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 July, 2017 | Topics:
Grants, Matamoros, Monterrey, News, Nuevo Laredo, Press Releases, Public Affairs
Phoenix, Ariz. – On Friday, July 7th, Efrain Olague-Valdez, 38, was extradited back to the United States after his arrest in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Olague-Valdez was wanted by the Phoenix Police Department for 3 counts of 1st Degree Murder. It is alleged that in 2011, while Olague-Valdez was a passenger in the back of a ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 July, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: USMS Fifteen Most Wanted
The United States welcomes the transfer of Leopoldo Lopez to house arrest, reportedly for health reasons, after more than three years in prison. This is but a first step in the right direction by the government of Venezuela. We reiterate our call for the government to grant Lopez full unconditional freedom immediately. Lopez is just ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Leopoldo Lopez
President Donald J. Trump, President Moon Jae-in, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met in Hamburg, Germany, on July 6 to discuss the serious and escalating threat posed by the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The three leaders condemned the DPRK’s unprecedented launch, on July 4, of a ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
| Tags: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
MEXICO CITY – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Mexican Secretary of Government Osorio Chong held a press availability to discuss the continued partnership between the two nations. Secretary Kelly’s remarks as delivered below: I want to thank Secretary Osorio Chong and his team for hosting me today. We had a good, substantive ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 July, 2017 | Topics:
Government Offices, Key Officials, News, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Homeland Security, John F. Kelly, SEGOB
Puebla, July 7, 2017 – A ceremony today commemorated the international accreditation of the forensic laboratories of the Puebla Attorney General’s office, granted by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB). The laboratories accredited were: Genetics, Ballistics, Chemistry, Questioned Documents and CSI. Puebla is the first state in Mexico to achieve ANAB accreditation of its forensic ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 July, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Merida Initiative, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: laboratories
President Donald J. Trump met today with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico during the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. President Trump emphasized the strong bilateral relationship that the United States enjoys with Mexico and noted the importance of renegotiating NAFTA to help workers in both countries. President Trump thanked President Peña Nieto for Mexico’s ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, President Donald Trump, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: G20, meeting
The United States strongly condemns North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Testing an ICBM represents a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region, and the world. Global action is required to stop a global threat. Any country that hosts North Korean guest workers, provides any ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Deputy Secretary of State, North Korea
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly will travel to Mexico City, Mexico from July 5-7 to meet with Mexican government officials. This trip is an opportunity for Secretary Kelly and Mexican officials to continue discussions on issues of importance to the U.S.-Mexico relationship including confronting transnational criminal organizations and promoting regional security and economic ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 5 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: john Kelly, Mexico, travel
On the occasion of the 241st anniversary of the Independence of the United States, the Embassy and Consulates celebrated with a reception in each of the diplomatic sites around the country. Ciudad Juárez Ciudad de México Hermosillo Mérida
Monterrey (más información) Nuevo Laredo Tijuana
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 July, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Events, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: celebration, consulates
U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez Security Message: Violence in Western Chihuahua June 29, 2017 This message is to inform U.S. citizens that drug trafficking conflicts have recently grown more violent in the western region of the state of Chihuahua. There is a likelihood of additional violence among drug cartels in the areas of Palomas, Janos, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 June, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Ciudad Juarez, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
Will Ostick, Consul General of the U.S. in Tijuana, welcomed guests to the U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana to celebrate the 241th Anniversary of the Independence of the United States. Guests included Francisco Rueda, Lieutenant Governor of Baja California, Juan Manuel Gastélum, Mayor of Tijuana, and friends and partners who collaborate with the U.S. Consulate ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 June, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Consulates, Events, News, Public Affairs, Tijuana, Western Hemisphere
To commemorate Independence Day Consul General Timothy Zúñiga-Brown hosted a midday reception at the consulate for nearly 200 guests, including representatives of civil society, media, educational institutions, and government within our consular district. With Route 66 as the theme of the event, the iconic American highway represents connections among people from across the country and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 June, 2017 | Topics:
Culture, Events, Monterrey
Call for proposals. New criminal justice system, human rights and citizenship in Chihuahua Closing Date and Time for Submission of Applications: July 21, 2017, 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) invite all eligible ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Merida Initiative, Public Affairs
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson at the 241st Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America Mexico City, June 29th, 2017 – “Welcome, all of you to the commemoration of the 241st anniversary of the Independence of the United States! I want to express my appreciation to all of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 29 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
Overview: Change to Global Aviation Security Requirements The United States and the global aviation community face an adaptive and agile enemy. Terrorist groups continue to target passenger aircraft, and we have seen a “spider web” of threats to commercial aviation as terrorist pursue new attack methods. Based on these concerns, the Department of Homeland Security ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 June, 2017 | Topics:
Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: airports, flights, Security Measures
Call for proposals The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico invites all eligible organizations to submit a proposal for a grant to reduce violence against the LGBTI community in Ciudad Juarez by training first responders on LGBTI human rights standards. The proposal can focus on all of the following themes and initiatives listed below: ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Public Affairs
Mexico City, June 26, 2017 – Talented law students from two universities in Mexico compete this week in the Championship of Champions mock trial showdown at American University in Washington, D.C. Under the Mérida Initiative, the Department of State funds programs to develop oral advocacy skills amongst university professors and students through workshops and mock ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 June, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: “Championship of Champions”, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, law
Monterrey, Mexico- With nearly one hundred journalists from six Mexican states, the Network of Journalists of Northeast Mexico and the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey hosted the second meeting of journalists held June 23-25, 2017 in Monterrey. The three-day interactive workshop included professional trainings and was sponsored by the Merida Initiative office of the U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 June, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Merida Initiative, Monterrey, Public Affairs
| Tags: Free the press
The U.S. Embassy cautions U.S. citizens that Hurricane Dora is expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Swells generated by Dora are currently affecting portions of the coast of southwest Mexico and by Tuesday, June 27, parts of the coast of the southern Baja California peninsula will be affected. Dora is projected to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 June, 2017 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages
| Tags: Dora
Embassy and Consulates celebrated Pride Month in their communities joining and supporting LGBT Pride Parades. Mexico City Ciudad Juarez Guadalajara Matamoros Merida Monterrey Nuevo Laredo
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 June, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Human Rights, News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Embassies, Parade 2017
Mexico City, June 22, 2017 – “In our countries in Mexico and in the world we are convinced that all individuals and all families must be treated with respect and dignity regardless of their sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity. We take very seriously our role as defenders of equality of human rights for ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
Good morning everyone. I am very sorry I cannot be physically present with you today, but I know you are in very good company: Mr. Renato Sales, and Jose Alberto Rodriguez Calderon, the hosts of this conference. Events like these that bring together different actors of the penitentiary system with others of similar interests are ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Featured Event, Merida Initiative, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, Ambassador Speech
MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good afternoon. Welcome to this press conference of the Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan. He will start with a brief declaration and then he will answer some questions. I will assign the persons that will be allowed to ask the questions. Please use your mikes. DEPUTY SECRETARY SULLIVAN: Well, thank you ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, Speeches, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan, OAS General Assembly
Joint Statement of Secretary Perdue (U.S.), Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Canada) & Secretary Calzada (Mexico) Regarding Trilateral Agriculture Meetings in Savannah, Georgia SAVANNAH, GA, June 20, 2017 – Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay; Mexican Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Jose Calzada; and United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 June, 2017 | Topics:
Business, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: agriculture
The diverse family of nations in the Americas recognizes democracy is a part of our collective DNA. The Organization of American States (OAS) has for decades provided us a forum to discuss our greatest challenges and take action together to address them. Particularly since the approval by OAS members of the Inter-American Democratic Charter in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 June, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Nuevo Laredo, Political Affairs, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, OpEd
President Donald J. Trump is changing the policy of the United States toward Cuba to achieve four objectives: Enhance compliance with United States law—in particular the provisions that govern the embargo of Cuba and the ban on tourism; Hold the Cuban regime accountable for oppression and human rights abuses ignored under the Obama policy; ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 June, 2017 | Topics:
Key Documents, News, Political Affairs, President Donald Trump, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Cubs, policy
Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will travel on Monday, June 19 to Cancun, Mexico to represent the United States at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States meeting. The Secretary of State will continue his efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East region through in-person meetings and phone conversations with ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Deputy Secretary of State, John J. Sullivan
Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, and Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin co-hosted the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami, Florida on June 15-16, 2017 with Mexican Foreign Secretary Videgaray Caso, Interior Secretary ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 June, 2017 | Topics:
Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America
Opening Plenary Session Florida International University Miami, Florida SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, thank you, Jorge, for that most kind introduction, and also in particular, I want to thank Florida International University for providing their campus and the host site for this conference, which we have been planning for some time and very excited to get ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Conference for prosperity
The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the Hurricane and Typhoon Seasons in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane and Typhoon Season will last through November 2017, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recommends that those in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 June, 2017 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: travel.gov
As part of the comic contest #ARTEvsVIOLENCIA the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana invited David Glanzer, Director of Communication and Strategy for COMIC-CON the world’s largest comics and entertainment convention to Tijuana. During his visit David Glanzer conducted a lecture in which he talked about the history and evolution of COMIC-CON throughout the years and the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 June, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs, Regions, Tijuana, Western Hemisphere
KANSAS CITY, KS. – The U.S. Marshals Service worked with Mexican authorities to arrest 31 year old Kansas resident Jeffrey Dane Swindler. The U.S. Marshals also worked in coordination with the Sumner County Sherriff’s Office, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers. Swindler was wanted for aggravated failure to appear for sentencing on a rape ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 8 June, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Monterrey, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Jeffrey Dane Swindler, Kansas, sex ofender
Under the Merida Initiative, the United States Embassy together with the Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública and the Secretaria de Gobernacion hosted the first National Meeting of Public Security Academies and Police Training Institutes. Directors from federal, regional and state police academies joined regional experts to discuss themes related to police professionalization, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 June, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Merida Initiative, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: ethics, international collaboration, marshall services, police officers, public trust, training
The Cancun Chapter of the Overseas Security Advisory Council Hosts Event Featuring Prominent Hurricane Experts CANCUN, Quintana Roo June 5, 2017 – Over 70 business executives, civic representatives, government officials and other invited guests attended presentations by renowned hurricane experts Doctor Lixion Avila of the United States National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Specialist Unit and Doctor Omar ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 June, 2017 | Topics:
Merida, News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Cancun, hurricane
The members of the delegation of the Chamber of Deputies of the Honorable Congress of the Union of Mexico, as well as the members of the delegation of the Congress of the United States of America at the 53rd Interparliamentary Conference, in accordance with the decisions reached on June 5th, 2017 in Mexico City, agreed ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 June, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Interparliamentary Conference, Joint declaration
Monterrey, NL May 31, 2017 – Memorial Day: During a ceremony with 90 students of the English Access program at Monterrey’s binational center, we honored those who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. The Consulate General Marine Corps Detachment conducted a demonstration and explained the symbolism behind folding the U.S. flag. In honor ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 June, 2017 | Topics:
Education, Monterrey, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Marines Corps Detachment, Memorial Day
The U.S. Embassy cautions U.S. citizens that Tropical storm Beatriz is expected to strengthen and should approach or move over the Pacific coast of Mexico on Friday, June 2. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the Pacific coast of Mexico from Salina Cruz to Puerto Escondido. Maximum sustained winds ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 31 May, 2017 | Topics:
Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Beatriz, Oaxaca, tropical storm
After nearly 3 weeks on the run, both escaped prisoners in custody in Mexico WASHINGTON – Two federal prisoners who escaped from U.S. Penitentiary Lee in Lee County, Virginia, May 3 were apprehended in Mexico today. U.S. Marshals worked closely with Mexican law enforcement authorities to locate and apprehend Salah Mohamed, 35, and Kamal ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 May, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News
| Tags: penitentiary, US Marshals, western Virginia
Mexico City, May 25, 2017 – Coordinators from Mexico, the United States, and Canada met today at the annual tri-national Amber Alert forum. The Amber Alert is an emergency response system that disseminates information about missing children. Their goal: to establish stronger mechanisms for the international coordination of Amber Alerts. The new mechanisms proposed at the forum ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 May, 2017 | Topics:
Child and Family Matters, Emergency Services, Press Releases
| Tags: Amber Alert
Action Targets Ruelas Torres Drug Trafficking Organization, a Key Heroin Producer and Distributor Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today identified Mexican national Jose Luis Ruelas Torres and the Ruelas Torres Drug Trafficking Organization (Ruelas Torres DTO) as Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Jose Luis Ruelas
SECRETARY TILLERSON: Morning, all, and thank you for coming. I appreciate the opportunity to meet again with Foreign Secretary Videgaray and Secretary of the Interior Osorio, and I also want to express my appreciation for the entire Mexican delegation who made the trip up to Washington, D.C. today for very, very useful and fruitful conversations. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: john Kelly, Luis Videgaray, Miguel Angle Osorio Chong
Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer notified Congress that President Trump intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Through these negotiations, the United States seeks to support higher-paying jobs in the United States and to grow the U.S. economy by improving U.S. opportunities to trade with Canada and Mexico. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 18 May, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly will convene a high-level dialogue with their Mexican counterparts on strategies to combat transnational criminal organizations on May 18 at 9:00 a.m., at the Department of State. Participants from the Government of Mexico will include Foreign Secretary Videgaray, Secretary of Government ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: western hemisphere
The FBI and Tacoma Police Department are seeking the public’s help in locating a fugitive whom investigators believe is responsible for murders in the Tacoma, Washington area. Santiago “Pucho” Villalba Mederos, 25, may be in Mexico and speaks both English and Spanish. Villalba Mederos is known to have family living in the Las Grutas, Guerrero ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
Mexico City, May 16, 2017 – The first National Fentanyl Conference for Forensic Chemists opened today in Mexico City. With it comes the recognition of the potential dangers of fentanyl, not only for users but also those responsible for detecting and managing the drug, as well as the need for continued collaboration between countries affected ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 16 May, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Merida Initiative, News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Alberto Elías Beltrán, Ambassador Jacobson, fentanyl. law enforcement, Merida Initia, Merida Initiative
With the support of the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Dr. Olivia Graeve, professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego is visiting Ciudad Juarez this week to meet with students, academics, entrepreneurs, NGO officials and local industry managers to discuss trends in nanotechnology and ways to attract ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 May, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Study in the U.S.
Thanks Jaime and Luis for your invitation. Good afternoon, everyone. I’d rather sit here and keep things informal. I will use my cue cards. You can always tell who is not a native speaker because they always use cue cards. I think the title of this conference is very appropriate and very well selected, ‘Facing ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 11 May, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Featured Event, News, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, Ambassador Speech
On April 24, United States Department of State consular officials and representatives from the Mexican Foreign Ministry gathered to discuss best practices for assisting their citizens abroad during a crisis. To prepare for the upcoming Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons, the two governments discussed communication strategies, sharing resources, and leveraging technology. The United States and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 May, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, News, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: citizens, crisis
Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting the fundamental principles of a free press around the world. We honor those men and women who work tirelessly, often at great personal risk, to tell the stories we would not otherwise hear. They are the guardians of democratic values and ideals. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 May, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
Mexico City, May 3, 2017—The ambassadors of the United States, Canada, Sweeden and the European Union in Mexico discussed press freedom through Facebook Live to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day which the United Nations General Assembly enacted in 1993.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 May, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
Dana Villeneuve, a specialist in sustainable craft beer production from New Belgium Brewery of North Carolina, visited Tijuana and Ensenada to share her experience with local producers about best practices on the sustainable craft beer production. During her Baja visit, she held a conference about sustainable craft beer production with local craft brewers at Cerveceria ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 May, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Environment, Public Affairs, Tijuana, U.S. & Mexico
U.S. Consulate General Tijuana-Security Message for U.S. Citizens Exercise Caution at Bandas Gruperas Music Events Tijuana cartels have made threats of violence against “bandas gruperas”—music groups which specialize in narco corridos, or songs celebrating criminal exploits—and music venues host them. Each band tends to be associated with a particular cartel; therefore, they are viewed as ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 April, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Consulates, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Tijuana
SECRETARY TILLERSON: Thank you, Secretary General, for that most helpful briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Secretary of State of the United States, and I thank you for the opportunity to address the Security Council. According to UN Security Council Resolution 2321, a stated objective of this council is North ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: North Korea, UN Security Council
Veracruz, April 25th – 28th, 2017 – In an open press conference, consular officials of the United States Embassy in Mexico City presented information on visas and passports, fraud prevention, and services for U.S. citizens residing in Mexico. The conference took place in the Mexico – U.S. Binational Center located at Azueta 1229, Centro, Veracruz. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 April, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
| Tags: Documéntate, Veracruz
To continue her trip through Parral and the city of Chihuahua, on the afternoon of April 26, Consul General Daria L. Darnell met with the President of the Chihuahua Businesspeople Foundation (Fechac) Hector Jurado Sanchez, where they discussed programs that the U.S. government and Fechac are currently working on together. On April 27, the Consul ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 April, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Events, Press Releases, Public Affairs
Past efforts have failed to halt North Korea’s unlawful weapons programs and nuclear and ballistic missile tests. With each provocation, North Korea jeopardizes stability in Northeast Asia and poses a growing threat to our Allies and the U.S. homeland. North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is an urgent national security threat and top foreign policy priority. Upon assuming office, President Trump ordered a thorough ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: DPRK, Staff Gen. Joe Dunford
Late on April 26, President Donald J. Trump spoke with both President Peña Nieto of Mexico and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada. Both conversations were pleasant and productive. President Trump agreed not to terminate NAFTA at this time and the leaders agreed to proceed swiftly, according to their required internal procedures, to enable the renegotiation ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 April, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases
| Tags: President Peña Nieto, Prime Minister Trudeau
David Andrade of Theory Animation Studios visited Tijuana to hold a conference where he shared his knowledge and passion for visual effects, video games, and animation projects with local artists and participants of the comics contest #ARTEvsVIOLENCIA. David has worked on projects for HBO, CBS and VFX. He also offered career advice to attendants and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 April, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Consulates, Human Rights, Public Affairs, Tijuana, U.S. & Mexico
The U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, Daria L Darnell visited Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua accompanied by a group of Consulate General officers. On April 25, Consul General Darnell met with Mayor Alfredo Lozoya and members of his cabinet, as part of her ongoing efforts to strengthen relationships across the state of Chihuahua. Members of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 April, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
COZUMEL, Mexico, April 25, 2017 — The U.S. military is looking for ways to enhance cooperation with its Mexican and Central American partners to address the security challenges that threaten the stability in the region, the commander of
North American Aerospace Defense Command and
U.S. Northern Command said here today. U.S. Public Health Service Cmdr. Kiel Fisher and first responders from the Mexican ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 26 April, 2017 | Topics:
News
| Tags: partnerships
COZUMEL, Mexico, April 24, 2017 — The evolving security challenges in Central America are threatening the security beyond the region and demand a unified approach, the commander of
U.S. Southern Command said at the Central America Security Conference here today. Central America Security Conference participants pose for a group photo on the first day of the two-day forum ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, U.S. & Mexico
The ChicasSTEM closing ceremony was held Saturday, April 22 at the Technology Hub in Ciudad Juarez. “ChicasSTEM came about as a result of our desire to encourage young women to pursue their passion for the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and math,” said U.S. Consul General Daria L. Darnell in her remarks. Thirty-five young ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 April, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Science & Tech
WASHINGTON—U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan and a Department of Homeland Security delegation traveled to Mexico City this week to meet with Mexican officials including Chief of Staff to the President of Mexico Carlos Perez Verdia and Secretariat of Foreign Relations Under Secretary for North American Carlos Sada, to discuss border security, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 April, 2017 | Topics:
Government Offices, Migration, Policy, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: readout. Kevin McAleenan
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexico’s Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit, through the Tax Administration Service, met today in Mexico City to advance the development of Customs in the 21st century for both the United States and Mexico. Recognizing the importance of facilitating cross border flows, officials from both countries expressed ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin met with Central Bank Governor Augustin Carstens of Mexico. Secretary Mnuchin and Governor Carstens discussed the importance of working together on common objectives for the IMF and the G-20. The Secretary underscored the closeness of the bilateral relationship and working together on a thriving commercial relationship. Secretary ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Carstens, Central Bank Governor, G-20, Mnuchin
WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin met with Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Jose Antonio Meade of Mexico. Secretary Mnuchin and Secretary Meade discussed the importance of strengthening both the U.S. and Mexican economies and the opportunity to improve NAFTA, including in the financial services sector. Secretary Mnuchin and Secretary Meade highlighted the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Jose Antonio Meade, Mnunchin, treasury
Action Exposes Attempts by Abigael Gonzalez Valencia to Avoid Sanctions Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two Mexican property management companies linked to Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, the leader of the Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization (Los Cuinis DTO). OFAC designated the Los Cuinis DTO and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: DEA, DOJ
WASHINGTON – Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Mexican Attorney General Dr. Raúl Cervantes Andrade released the following statement on the arrest of Tomas Yarrington: “The detention of Mexican ex-Governor Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, on April 9, 2017, in Florence, Italy, was the result of law enforcement cooperation between Mexican, Italian and U.S. authorities. “Yarrington faces ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 April, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Political Affairs, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
WASHINTON – The Attorneys General of Mexico, Dr. Raúl Cervantes Andrade, and of the United States, Jeff Sessions, met on April 18, 2017, to follow up on matters discussed during their previous meeting of March 20, 2017, and to continue strengthening their bilateral law enforcement cooperation. Both sides discussed recent statements made by U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 April, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
STATEMENT BY MARK TONER, ACTING SPOKESPERSON Venezuela has been witness in recent weeks to ongoing social protests, ever since the Supreme Court demonstrated its lack of independence from the Executive Branch through a continuing series of court decisions against the members of the freely-elected National Assembly. Thus far, six demonstrators have been killed, with ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 19 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Mark Toner
FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via translation) Who was bringing you up? Who was giving you your manners? Mr. Secretary of State, dear colleagues. We met in Bonn on February 16, where I told you about Moscow’s basic views on Russian-US relations and international affairs. In the few months since then, many statements have been made in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, Secretary Rex Tillerson, Speeches, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Lavrov
Pursuant to our strong law enforcement partnership, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice are working together on a legal strategy which will allow Tomas Yarrington to face justice in both countries.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Yarrington
More than 75 journalists and non-government, educational, and government organizations from the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Durango, Jalisco, and Michoacán participated in a Video Storytelling workshop offered by Christoph Geiseler, founder of the One Minute Academy. Participants learned methods for producing one minute length videos to more effectively promote ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
U.S. Agencies
| Tags: workshop
Migrant smuggling is a #DeadlyBusiness, and big income source for criminal organizations. Smugglers take advantage of vulnerable people, but the United States is working together with the Mexican government to combat this type of crime. Last week, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened a workshop in Nuevo Leon on Operational Training ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
Consul General, Events, Human Rights, Migration, Monterrey
Consul General Timothy Timothy Zuñiga-Brown was invited to give remarks at two of Monterrey’s major universities during the week of April 3, 2017. On April 4, the Consul General offered the presentation, “Diplomacy of the United States in the World and the Bilateral Relationship with Mexico” and answered questions from students in attendance. The event ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 April, 2017 | Topics:
U.S. Agencies
Pan American Day and Pan American Week commemorate the 127th anniversary of the conclusion of the First International Conference of American States. This inter-American gathering planted the seed for the creation of the Organization of American States, an enduring organization for the promotion of democracy, security, human rights, and economic development throughout the Americas. Pan ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump
THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans: On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 April, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, Speeches
Returned to the United States to Face Charges in Pierce County A fugitive was returned to the United States yesterday evening, April 4, 2017, after six years on the run. Agents from the FBI’s Seattle Field Office escorted Juan Ortiz, 24, formerly of Tacoma, Washington, back from Mexico. Ortiz will face state charges of ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 April, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: PCPO, TPD
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Foreign Secretary of Mexico Luis Videgaray today to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues, including economic cooperation, security, and migration. They discussed cooperation in Central America and ongoing efforts to combat transnational criminal organizations. They also discussed efforts at the Organization of American States to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 6 April, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
Former White House West Wing Receptionist and advocate for the deaf community, Ms. Leah Katz-Hernandez visited Mexico for a week of activities and advocacy. As the keynote speaker in the Educate for Life conference held in Durango on March 29 organized by the Juarez University in the State of Durango, Ms. Katz-Hernandez shared her life ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 4 April, 2017 | Topics:
U.S. Agencies
As Prepared It is a real pleasure to be here today with so many distinguished women who are being honored for their leadership in Mexico and beyond. As the first woman Ambassador of the United States to Mexico, I am accustomed to being the only woman in the room. Today is the opposite of that, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Featured Event, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador, Ambassador Jacobson, Ambassador Speech, leaders, women
At the annual #Cruce2PM tech and innovation event, Mexicali public school students presented their creative and problem-solving projects using JoyLabz-provided Makey Makey toys used to teach kids to code. A panel of judges including Will Ostick, Consul General in Tijuana, as well as representatives of Innovation Labs, Skyworks, Honeywell, and Baja California’s Educational System, evaluated ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 March, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Education, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Tijuana, U.S. & Mexico, Western Hemisphere
On March 24 the Consulate General in Monterrey held an opening ceremony of the first generation of the English Access program at the School of Languages of Tec de Monterrey’s campus Saltillo, Coahuila. Twenty-five young people received this scholarship from Consul General Timothy Zuñiga-Brown. The English Access Microscholarship program is a two-year scholarship for talented ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 March, 2017 | Topics:
Culture, Education, English Language Learning, Monterrey, News
| Tags: Saltillo
1. Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition met in Washington today at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to review and accelerate the campaign for the lasting defeat of ISIS. We remain firmly united in our outrage at ISIS’s atrocities and in our determination to eliminate this global threat and overcome its ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 March, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
Mexico City, March 22, 2017 – U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson visited the state of Oaxaca as part of her commitment to enhance the bilateral relationship and to get to know various parts of the country. During her visit, she met with Governor Alejandro Murat and discussed economic development, the state’s cultural heritage and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 22 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Monterrey, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
Jorge Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua, husband-and-wife team and director and animator of the film “Book of Life” met with local students, academics, artists, and the creative community to talk about their experiences in the world of animation and in Hollywood. The visit of both artists is part of the ongoing contest run by the Consulate, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 March, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Consulates, Human Rights, Public Affairs, Success Stories, Tijuana, U.S. & Mexico
U.S. Consulate General Tijuana-Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Exercise Caution at Bandas Gruperas Music Events March 17, 2017 The U.S. Consulate General Tijuana informs U.S. citizens that in the past two months, drug trafficking organizations have made a number of threats of violence against music venues that are hosting “bandas gruperas”—music groups which specialize in ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 17 March, 2017 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Consulates, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages, Tijuana, U.S. Citizen Services
Mexico City, March 15, 2017 – U.S. Ambassador Roberta Jacobson visited various locations in the state of Morelos, and met with Governor Graco Ramiez to discuss renewable energy and economic development. This visit is part of her goal of getting to know Mexico first hand. During the day she visited the Robert Brady Museum, the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 15 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Culture, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
During its 100th General Assembly, Mónica Flores Barragán, stated that AMCHAM will continue “connecting companies, talent, ideas and businesses.” In 2017, the Chamber will work on two main objectives: increasing the competitiveness of the private sector and implementing binational linkages. Mexico City, March 14th, 2017 – During the 100th General Assembly, Mónica Flores Barragán, President ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Commercial Affairs, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson
Washington, D.C., March 14, 2017 – The U.S. Department of State is proud to note its participation in this year’s U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation, and Research Roundtable. The Bilateral Forum—often known by its acronym in Spanish “FOBESII”—is an excellent example of how public-private partnerships can promote education and research to stimulate innovation and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 14 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, Scholarships and Exchanges
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, public-private
ExxonMobil Funds New Higher Education Partnerships in Engineering, Physics, Geology, and Geophysics The U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced the latest 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund grant winners sponsored by ExxonMobil Corporation. The seven Innovation Fund grants announced on March 13, 2017, for higher education institutions ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 13 March, 2017 | Topics:
Education, Press Releases, Western Hemisphere
Mexico City, March 10, 2017 – The U.S. Embassy in Mexico commemorated Global Partnerships Week, celebrating public-private partnerships with a reception at the Franz Mayer Museum on March 9. Several key partners from academia, the private sector, civil society and government were in attendance, including, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, PepsiCo, Fondo Unido, ITAM, the Foreign Ministry and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 March, 2017 | Topics:
Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
Mexico City, March 10, 2017 – Today, the U.S. government donated to Government of Mexico security forces nearly $900,000 USD of specialized personal protective equipment including coveralls, gloves and masks that will help to safely dismantle and destroy clandestine narcotics labs. The equipment will be distributed to security forces along the Pacific coast, where the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 March, 2017 | Topics:
Merida Initiative, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
As part of International Women’s Month, the United States Consulate General in Monterey in coordination with the University of Monterrey, Abogadas MX and the Mexican Bar Association of Nuevo Leon, held a conference titled, “Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Keys to Advancing Your Career in Law” on March 9 at the University of Monterrey. The speakers ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 March, 2017 | Topics:
Culture, Education, Events, Human Rights, Monterrey, Public Affairs
| Tags: International Women’s Day
Mexico City, March 9, 2017 – “We commend Mexican authorities for the conviction of the murderer of Oaxaca journalist Marcos Hernandez Bautista. We encourage authorities to continue investigating the case and ultimately arrest and sentence the mastermind behind this murder and all other crimes against freedom of speech. Among these, the case of Cecilio Pineda, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, crime, journalist
United States Consulate General Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Lifting of Travel Prohibition for Plaza Portales Entertainment Complex March 9, 2017 The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez has lifted its February 10 prohibition on U.S. Consulate personnel travel to the Plaza Portales restaurant and entertainment complex, located at the intersection ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Security & Emergency Messages
On March 8, International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements of women around the world while also reflecting on the challenges that remain in the quest for gender equality. Mexico has a historic opportunity: it has invested in women’s education and it has built the legal and institutional framework for women’s equality and empowerment. One ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, international, International Women’s Day, women
Mexico City, March 3, 2017 – Today, at the Hidalgo State Police Training Institute, Ambassador Jacobson commemorated the donation of firearms simulators to police academies and federal training institutes across Mexico. The donations are part of a larger program under the Merida Initiative that seeks to develop a professional police force that serves the public safety needs ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Featured Event, Law Enforcement, Press Releases, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, Ambassador Speech
By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 March, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, Reports
Janine Warner, a pioneer in digital entrepreneurship and online education worldwide, conducted the Digital Journalism Workshop: “Innovations in New Digital Media,” aimed at journalists and students from Tijuana and Mexicali. The workshop focused on topics such as “Entrepreneurial Journalism: How to promote and monetize digital media,” “Opportunities and failures,” and “The five keys to success on ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 28 February, 2017 | Topics:
Consulates, Events, Public Affairs, Tijuana, Western Hemisphere
The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, in partnership with Fundación EnTijuanarte and Halaken Telar Juvenil, announced #ArteVSViolencia, a contest to develop a superhero or comic strip to combat trafficking in persons. Preeti Shah, Public Affairs Officer, highlighted the need to reach young audiences via comics, and the goal of using arts as a vehicle for messages of empowerment and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 February, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, Human Rights, Public Affairs, Tijuana, Western Hemisphere
United States Consulate General Guadalajara, Mexico Security Message for U.S. Citizens Lifting of Travel Prohibition for Tepic, Nayarit February 24, 2017 Due to the reduction in Mexican military operations in Tepic, Nayarit, and its immediate vicinity, the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara has lifted its February 10 prohibition on U.S. Consulate personnel travel to the ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 24 February, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Consulates, Guadalajara, Law Enforcement, Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
Mexico City, February 23, 2017 – “We discussed the breadth of challenges and opportunities in the U.S.-Mexico relationship… our visit was forward-looking, focusing on common interests that would advance security and economic well-being.”
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 February, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
The US Consulate in Tijuana and Garage Hub launched the “Interactive Workshop on The ABC of Invention, and How to Do and Design” conducted by Tom Heck, Vice-President of the Makey-Makey Education Project. The workshop was aimed at Mexicali STEAM teachers who learned techniques to teach invention literacy, and how to use design thinking via a Makey-Makey, an electronic device that teaches programming ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 21 February, 2017 | Topics:
Education, Events, Public Affairs, Science & Tech, Tijuana, Western Hemisphere
U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez Security Message: Plaza Portales Entertainment Complex Travel Restriction February 10, 2017 The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez has placed the entire “Plaza Portales” restaurant and entertainment complex located at the intersection of Bulevar Tomas Fernandez and Calle de los Portales off limits for United States government personnel. This restriction ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 10 February, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Messages for U.S. Citizens, Security & Emergency Messages
The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez hosted the visit of Dr. Karen Lips to Ciudad Juarez and the city of Chihuahua. While in the border region, Dr. Lips met with representatives from the International Boundary and Water Commission and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission and met a group of young women, who are participants ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 February, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Education, Environment, Events, Public Affairs, Science & Tech
Secretary Tillerson and Foreign Secretary Videgaray said they look forward to working together on the essential relationship between our two countries. They had a constructive conversation on a range of U.S.-Mexico collaboration including law enforcement, migration, and security. They agreed the Secretary would visit Mexico City.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 9 February, 2017 | Topics:
Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Mexico City, Tillerson, Videgaray
On February 7, participants in the ChicasSTEM program visited the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez. Vice-consuls led the tour during which Consulate staff engaged with this talented group of young women. The ChicasSTEM talked with women in leadership positions at the Consulate to learn about their academic and career paths. They were also challenged ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 February, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Education, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: ChicasSTEM
U.S. Consul General Daria L. Darnell received the members of the U.S. Consulate General Ciudad Juarez Youth Council at her residence on February 7, 2017. Consul General Darnell spent time getting to know the new members of the Youth Council, a group of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 that meets periodically ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 7 February, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Consul General, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: Youth Council
The below is attributable to Acting Spokesperson Mark Toner: On his first day at the State Department, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a number of introductory calls to key allies and partners. In addition to his meeting with Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Secretary Tillerson also spoke by phone with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 3 February, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State
SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, good morning, all. We apologize for being late. It seemed that this year’s prayer breakfast, people felt the need to pray a little longer. (Laughter.) But I certainly welcomed them all, so – thank you for such a warm reception. And it’s a pleasure to be here, obviously. I’ve been anxious to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 2 February, 2017 | Topics:
Secretary Rex Tillerson, Speeches, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson, a globe-trotting oil executive and engineer, is the new U.S. secretary of state and chief foreign affairs adviser to President Trump. He was confirmed February 1 as the 69th secretary of state, a position first held by Thomas Jefferson and most recently by John Kerry. Five predecessors won the Nobel Peace Prize. Rex Wayne ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 1 February, 2017 | Topics:
Key Officials, News, President Donald Trump, Secretary Rex Tillerson, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State
Fugitive Faces Criminal Charges For Sex Trafficking In Eastern District Of New York Raul Granados-Rendon, who had been on ICE’s most wanted list since 2010, was arrested in September 2016 in Mexico, following a joint investigation between ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Mexico City, HSI New York and the Mexican Federal Police. He was extradited to ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 31 January, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: trafficking in persons
WASHINGTON – Arnoldo Rueda-Medina, known by several aliases including “La Minsa,” arrived in the United States today from Mexico to face criminal charges in connection with his top leadership roles in the “La Familia-Michoacan” Mexican drug cartel, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 30 January, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Clyde E. Shelley, Familia micoacana, LA Minsa, Teas
The United States President Donald J. Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spoke by phone this morning for an hour. The call was mutually arranged by their teams. The two had a productive and constructive call regarding the bilateral relationship between the two countries, the current trade deficit the United States has with Mexico, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 January, 2017 | Topics:
News, Political Affairs, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Mexico
Mexico City, January 27, 2017 – Susan Elbow, Minister-Counselor of Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, joined Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) Rector Emilio José Baños Ardavín and local authorities to officially open the EducationUSA Center on the UPAEP campus in Puebla City. Also witnessing the opening were Martha Guadalupe ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 January, 2017 | Topics:
Education, News, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: EducationUSA
The United States President Donald J. Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spoke by phone this morning for an hour. The call was mutually arranged by their teams. The two had a productive and constructive call regarding the bilateral relationship between the two countries, the current trade deficit the United States has with Mexico, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 27 January, 2017 | Topics:
President Donald Trump, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Joint statement
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) (INA), the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public Law 109‑367) (Secure Fence Act), and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104‑208 Div. C) (IIRIRA), and ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 January, 2017 | Topics:
Migration, President Donald Trump, U.S. & Mexico
Mexico City, January 25, 2017 – Ambassador Roberta Jacobson participated in a donation ceremony of medical equipment at the Mexican Institute of Diagnostics and Epidemiology (InDRE). Along with Secretary of Health, Dr. José Narro Robles, she highlighted the importance of collaborating bilaterally in the detection of contagious diseases and the fight against epidemics, as well ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 25 January, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: Ambassador Jacobson, CDC USNORTHCOM, InDRE
The Trump Administration is committed to a foreign policy focused on American interests and American national security. Peace through strength will be at the center of that foreign policy. This principle will make possible a stable, more peaceful world with less conflict and more common ground. Defeating ISIS and other radical Islamic terror groups will ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 January, 2017 | Topics:
Key Documents, News, Political Affairs, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: foreign policy, NAFTA, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Mexico City, January 23, 2017 – The American Corrections Association announced today the accreditation of 16 Mexican prisons in its Winter Conference in San Antonio, Texas. With that the total number of Mexican accredited prisons is 58, and all federal penitentiaries are new certified.
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 23 January, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: prisions
Today, Public Affairs Officer Shannon Hill welcomed the 21 new members of the Consulate General’s Youth Council and their mentors. In this first meeting, the new members had the opportunity to get to know each other, discuss their first training activity and talk about their plans for the future. In order to know the vision ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 January, 2017 | Topics:
Ciudad Juarez, Education, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: Youth Council
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City informs U.S. citizens that due to demonstrations scheduled to take place in the vicinity of the Embassy during the afternoon of Friday, January 20, 2017, the Embassy will be closed to the public. U.S. citizens should avoid the area surrounding the Embassy. If a U.S. citizen has an emergency, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 January, 2017 | Topics:
Security & Emergency Messages, U.S. & Mexico, U.S. Citizen Services
The United States Embassy in Mexico invited students, academics, officials, and members of the press to watch a live broadcast of the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States. The event was held at the Embassy’s Benjamin Franklin Library. At the end of the ceremony, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 January, 2017 | Topics:
News, President Donald Trump, Press Releases
As Prepared for Delivery – Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you. We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people. Together, we will ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 January, 2017 | Topics:
President Donald Trump, Speeches
| Tags: Inaugural Address, POTUS, President Donald Trump
Washington – Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced that Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo,” will face charges filed in Brooklyn, New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related crimes through his leadership ...
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By U.S. Mission to Mexico | 20 January, 2017 | Topics:
Law Enforcement, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Mexico
| Tags: DEA
