U.S Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual Visits Monterrey

Monterrey, NL September 4, 2009 --- U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual arrived in Monterrey on Wednesday to participate in the Border Governors Conference. Ambassador Pascual was received by U.S. Consul General Bruce Williamson and greeted by his staff in a private meeting at the Consulate.

Later in the day, Ambassador Pascual and Consul General Williamson visited Nuevo Leon Governor Jose Natividad Gonzalez Paras and met with members of the business community. On Thursday, Ambassador Pascual participated in the Opening Ceremony of the Border Governors Conference at the Camino Real Hotel.

On Friday morning, Ambassador Pascual had a meeting with the leadership of the American Chamber of Commerce in Monterrey, an organization that promotes the thriving trade and investment relationship that the U.S. enjoys with Nuevo León. He later participated in a tour of mock oral trial site at the University of Nuevo Leon with Nuevo Leon Chief Justice of the State Courts Jorge Luis Mancillas and State Attorney General Luis Carlos Treviño Berchelmann, followed by meeting covering the Mexican judicial system and drug courts. In the afternoon, Ambassador Pascual visited Compartamos Banco, an institution that offers micro-financing to small businesses.

In his first trip to Monterrey as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual stated: “The dynamism I have seen in Monterrey makes me optimistic not only about our joint work on security and commercial relations, but also about the broader relationship between Mexico and the United States. It has been a highlight for me to visit the beautiful Monterrey and to witness a modern, dynamic city with magnificent mountains and warm people.”

Photos available in: http://monterrey.usconsulate.gov/bgc_2009.html