Alma Muñoz, Alonso Urrutia and Emir Olivares
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, October 17, 2024, p. 15
Given the controversy generated by the appointment of the former New York consul Jorge Islas as head of the newly created General Coordination of Consulates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that she asked Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente to review the case. .
Yesterday, in the morning, he was told – as La Jornada has documented – about the mobilizations that groups of Mexicans have carried out in the United States demanding the relief of the Islands.
I asked the chancellor to review it. I saw these complaints, requests and it must be reviewed
said the president in the National Palace.
He added that it should be analyzed How much is so, how much is not, but let our countrymen and women know that what we want is to strengthen the consulates for their attention. So let’s do it
.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked for a comment on the instruction that the president gave to De la Fuente in this case, without a response being issued until the closing of this edition.
A few days ago, when the questioned official spoke with La Jornada about the complaints of the countrymen, he indicated that the General Coordination of Consulates will have a fundamental one among its tasks: developing a legislative observatory
in order to review the anti-immigrant laws of some entities in the United States.
No benefit
This newspaper has documented that organizations and representatives of national activists denounced that during the administration of the former consul there was a policy elitist and did not benefit the community
. Some have highlighted that Islas refused to work with part of the community and did nothing to improve services. Even consulate staff stated that they had been victims of mistreatment.
The binational Migrant Force movement also called on Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente to reconsider the designation. He believes that at the head of the General Coordination of Consulates should be a career diplomat, with experience, with the sensitivity and genuine commitment to address the needs and realities of compatriots living outside the country.
