Trump sends high-level delegation to Mexico in overture to new leader
by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Jul 12, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - After a year and a half of turmoil, the Trump administration is attempting to repair its frazzled relations with close ally Mexico, dispatching a high-level delegation to meet the country's next president.
On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will lead the team to Mexico City for meetings with President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a feisty leftist populist who won a landslide victory on July 1, as well as his outgoing predecessor Enrique Pena Nieto, and other senior government officials.
The U.S. delegation
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