US ambassador to Mexico to resign, amid strained relations

[Judi Lynn]

Peter Orsi, Associated Press
Updated 3:35 pm, Thursday, March 1, 2018

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, is resigning from her post this spring amid strained relations between the two countries and on the heels of other notable departures from the State Department.

In a note sent to embassy staff Thursday, Jacobson wrote that her resignation takes effect May 5, which is two years to the day after she was sworn in as ambassador.

"After more than thirty-one years of U.S. Government service, I have come to the difficult decision that it is the right time to move on to new challenges and adventures. ... This decision is all the more difficult because of my profound belief in the importance of the U.S.-Mexico relationship and knowledge that it is at a crucial moment," Jacobson said.

She did not say why she made the decision, but tweeted later in the day that she is leaving "in search of other opportunities."

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https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/US-ambassador-to-Mexico-to-resign-amid-strained-12719985.php

[Judi Lynn]

1. U.S. Ambassador To Mexico Is Latest Career Diplomat To Resign

March 1, 20187:31 PM ET

Roberta Jacobson, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has handed in her resignation. The career diplomat, with more than 30 years in government service says it was a difficult decision to leave. Jacobson, 57, is the latest in a string of high-level diplomats to depart the State Department since President Trump took office.

In a note to embassy staff, Jacobson said, "The decision is all the more difficult because of my profound belief in the importance of the U.S. – Mexico relationship and knowledge that it is at a crucial moment."

She said her resignation will be effective May 5.

Jacobson, who was appointed by President Barack Obama and assumed her post in 2016, did not give a reason for her resignation. But according to former U.S. and Mexican diplomats, the strain in the countries' relations made her job particularly difficult.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/01/590081271/u-s-ambassador-to-mexico-is-latest-career-diplomat-to-resign