Medina Mora Voted to Mexico Supreme Court, Steps Down as US Ambassador Agencia EFE | |
go to original March 11, 2015 |
President Enrique Peña Nieto's nominee for the Mexican Supreme Court, Eduardo Medina Mora. (Reuters)
Eduardo Medina Mora, who has been voted by lawmakers to Mexico's Supreme Court, has submitted his resignation as ambassador to the United States, the Foreign Relations Secretariat said.
The secretariat notified the U.S. State Department that Alejandro Estivill Castro, deputy head of mission at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, will take over as charge d'affaires until a new ambassador is designated and confirmed.
Medina Mora, who submitted his resignation to President Enrique Peña Nieto on Tuesday, "contributed to maintaining excellent ties of friendship and cooperation between Mexico and the United States," the secretariat said.
The attorney and diplomat, who was voted by lawmakers Tuesday as Supreme Court minister, was a controversial choice due to alleged human rights violations stemming from his tenure as public safety secretary under former President Vicente Fox.
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