Embassy Resumes Consular Services
Mexico City, May 7, 2009 – Mexico and the United States continue to cooperate closely to mitigate the outbreak of 2009-H1N1 influenza. As restrictions on public gatherings in Mexico have eased, the Embassy is moving to resume normal operations. (complete
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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT CINCO DE MAYO EVENT
Mexico City, May 4, 2009. - "Bienvenidos. Welcome to Cinco de Cuatro -- (laughter) -- Cinco de Mayo at the White House. We are a day early, but we always like to get a head start here at the Obama White House."(complete
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U.S.
Government Delivers Further 1 Million Dollars in Equipment
to Support Mexico’s Efforts to Contain the Spread of
H1N1 Influenza
Mexico City, May 3, 2009. - The 100,000 Personal Protective
Equipment kits (PPEs), donated by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), include items such
as coveralls, respirator masks and goggles that allow
first responders effectively to help others without
risking their own personal safety.(complete
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U.S. Government Announces 5 Million Dollars to Support Mexico’s Efforts to Contain the Spread of H1N1 Influenza
Mexico City, April 29, 2009. - The government of the United States is providing 5 million dollars to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to support Mexico’s efforts to contain the spread of the H1N1 Influenza in Mexico.
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Embassy
Takes Precautionary Measures
Mexico City, April 25, 2009 – The
Embassy in Mexico City has decided to suspend processing
of the approximately 5100 non-immigrant visa appointments
scheduled Monday, April 27 through Wednesday, April
29. In addition, our services to American citizens will
be limited to citizenship requests (passports and consular
reports of birth abroad, or CRBA) and emergency assistance
only.
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President Obama Designates Three Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations Under the Kingpin Act
Mexico City, April 15, 2009 – Today President Obama submitted to Congress a report on three Mexican drug trafficking groups that he has determined are Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers appropriate for sanctions under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. These organizations are the Sinaloa Cartel, Los Zetas, and La Familia Michoacana. (complete text)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Leads U.S. Congressional Delegation to Mexico
Mexico City, April 6, 2009 – From April 3-5, Representative Steny Hoyer led a delegation of ten members of the House of Representatives in a visit to Mexico. The group met with Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora and other law enforcement officials. At the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) operational base at Iztapalapa, in Mexico City, they received a briefing on Plataforma Mexico, and toured the Command Center, the special operations units, and the helicopter program.(complete text)
U.S. Attorney General Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano - Firm on Bilateral Cooperation
Mexico City, April 3, 2009 – At the close of a two-day arms trafficking conference April 2 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano underscored U.S. Government commitment to work together with their Mexican partners in the fight against organized crime and the drug cartels. Holder and Napolitano met today with President Felipe Calderon, and continued their discussions with law-enforcement counterparts in Mexico City. (complete text)
