White House Expresses Solidarity With Mexico Against Violence After U.S. Embassy Staff Found Murdered

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The White House on Sunday pledged support for Mexico’s government to break drug trafficking in the country after recent violence took the lives of three people associated with the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Jaurez.

The three individuals, not named by the National Security Council, were a U.S. citizen employee, her U.S. citizen husband, and the husband of a Mexican citizen employee, according to the statement.

On behalf of President Barack Obama, NSC spokesman Mike Hammer said in a statement, “The president is deeply saddened and outraged by the news of the brutal murders of three people associated with the United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.”

“He extends his condolences to the families and condemns these attacks on consular and diplomatic personnel serving at our foreign missions. In concert with Mexican authorities, we will work tirelessly to bring their killers to justice.”

“This is a responsibility we must shoulder together, particularly in border communities where strong bonds of history, culture, and common interest bind the Mexican and the American people closely together,” the statement said.

The U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, which lies across the border of El Paso, Texas, was closed last week after a bomb threat. 

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