U.S. envoy, high-society pal of Bush, riles Mexico

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N18337843.htm

U.S. envoy, high-society pal of Bush, riles Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - He married Mexico's richest woman, is an old pal of U.S. President George W. Bush and now Washington's envoy south of the Rio Grande is stirring up controversy in a dispute over crime and immigration on the U.S.-Mexican border.

U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza upset Mexico this week by boasting he had shut a consular office in a border city to "punish" the country for failing to halt a drug war there.

It was the latest in a series of run-ins with Mexico's government that have earned Garza a reputation as a bully who, despite his Hispanic roots, largely disregards Mexican sensibilities about its powerful northern neighbor.

A senior Mexican Foreign Ministry official rebuked Garza's comments as "frankly, unfortunate," but the State Department in Washington defended him on Thursday.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. he is truly and simply a jerk

his only claim to fame was raising funds for the GOP.

[bobbieinok]

2. bushco appointees only qualification $$$ and 1000% loyalty

[KeepItReal]

3. He sounds like Bush & Co's kind of guy. Par for the course.

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[depakid]

4. How diplomatic- /eom