Mexico Complains After Pope Francis Warns of 'Mexicanization' of Argentina Buenos Aires Herald
go to original February 24, 2015

Mexico to Send Diplomatic Note to Vatican Over Purported Papal Letter on 'Mexicanization' (Wochit)

After Pope Francis warned of a "Mexicanization" of Argentina in an e-mail sent to lawmaker Gustavo Vera, Mexico said it would send a letter to the Vatican to complain about these remarks.

Mexico's Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade said his government had expressed concern that the country was being "stigmatized" as a land of drug traffickers in an email attributed to Francis.

"We had a meeting with the (papal) nuncio and we will indeed send a note, and what worries us is that the drug trafficking challenge is a shared challenge. It's a challenge that Mexico is undertaking massive efforts on," Meade said in Mexico City.

Published by Argentine human rights group La Alameda, the email showed Pope Francis making apparent reference to the risk of Mexican-style drug violence reaching Argentina.

"Hopefully we're in time to avoid the Mexicanization. I was talking to some Mexican bishops and it's a terrible situation," the organization quoted the pontiff as saying in a message sent to Gustavo Vera, the head of La Alameda.

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