| Mexico's New Ambassador to the United States Has Close Ties to Pena Nieto Wochit News | |
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According to two officials familiar with the matter, Mexico has nominated a former government pollster with close ties to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s home state to be its new ambassador in the US. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the two said Mexico had put forward Miguel Basanez, an academic from outside the diplomatic service, who worked closely with a distant cousin of Peña Nieto, Alfredo del Mazo Gonzalez, in the State of Mexico.
Both del Mazo, a second cousin to Peña Nieto’s father, and the president were governors of the state. Both are associated with the Grupo Atlacomulco, a powerful group within the ruling party that bears the name of the town where Peña Nieto was born.
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