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US ambassador to Mexico resigns - Americas - Al Jazeera EnglishCarlos Pascual, the US ambassador to Mexico, has resigned after a dispute with Felipe Calderon, the Mexican president, over the handling of the war against drug gangs.
Saturday's announcement came as Barack Obama, the US president, began a five-day trip to Latin America, where he is visiting El Salvador, Brazil and Chile, to shore up ties with the region.
The diplomatic spat was triggered after state department documents published by WikiLeaks showed Pascual criticising Mexico for its lack of co-ordination in operations targeting cartel leaders.