U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns after WikiLeaks revelations

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U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns after WikiLeaks revelations
By Mary Beth Sheridan, Saturday, March 19, 11:05 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-ambassador-to-mexico-resigns-after-wikileaks-revelations/2011/03/19/ABlGgIy_story.html

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has resigned after the publication of U.S. diplomatic cables that criticized that government’s anti-drug fight, infuriating the Mexican president.

Carlos Pascual appears to be the first senior U.S. diplomat to lose his job because of the WikiLeaks revelations. He had been stationed in Mexico for 19 months.

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Interesting!

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1. Sadly what the cables revealed

like agencies do not play well with each other and are little fiefdoms were like... MEH...

The kind of info published by historians and poli sci expects for decades.

Alas Calderon demanded his head... since in a diplomatic cable that is not good. (Yes I read them and I had a huge MEH!)