Latest Ken Salazar News

US ambassador says Mexico 'closed the doors' on security cooperation and denies its violence problem

Nov. 13, 2024 22:01 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar lashed out Wednesday at Mexico’s failure to accept aid in the fight against drug cartels, claiming the country “closed the doors” on security cooperation. In a press conference, Salazar launched his harshest criticism yet of...

Latina governor of US border state will attend inauguration of Mexico's first female president

Sep. 27, 2024 18:56 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is heading south of the border to attend the inauguration of Mexico's next president. In a statement Friday, she announced the outing to Mexico City for the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as the Mexico's first female president. ...

US not responsible for surge of violence in Sinaloa, American ambassador tells Mexico

Sep. 22, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar rejected accusations by Mexico's president that the U.S. was partly responsible for a surge in cartel warfare in northern Sinaloa over the weekend. Sinaloa has been eclipsed by violence as two warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel...