After a Long Wait, New U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Arrives to Take Up Post Fox News Latino
go to original May 27, 2016

Roberta Jacobson makes a brief statement at Benito Juarez Airport in Mexico City, Thursday, May 26, 2016. (Associated Press)

Roberta Jacobson arrived to assume her new role as the United States ambassador to Mexico on Thursday, coming at a time when immigration and Mexican trade have been heated themes in the U.S. presidential campaign.

Considered among the U.S. diplomats most knowledgeable about the region, Jacobson said in briefs remarks in Spanish upon her arrival that she was excited and confident there would be "excellent communication" between the U.S. and Mexico.



"I have the intention to travel far and wide in Mexico to get to know the unique attributes of each region and to be able to listen to Mexicans in person," she said.

Antonio Garza, U.S. ambassador to Mexico in 2002-2009, called Jacobson "an extraordinarily able diplomat" and "the best of a generation when it comes to Latin America."

In terms of the binational themes getting traction in the U.S. election campaign, Garza said, "I think her position is largely going to be somewhat neutral but to comment as factually as possible on the assertions that the candidates might make."

Donald Trump, who on Thursday reached the number of delegates necessary to clinch the Republican presidential nomination, has infuriated many in Mexico by accusing Mexican migrants of being "rapists" and by promising to make Mexico pay for a larger border wall.

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