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(CNN Spanish) - After the expulsion of the ambassador of Mexico in Bolivia by the interim Government of Jeanine Áñez, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, recognized Thursday the work of the diplomat and said that she acted with intelligence and firmness .
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María Teresa Mercado was declared a non-grata person by the Government of Bolivia after an incident was registered at her residence in La Paz, where former former government officials of former President Evo Morales remain isolated.
A group of hooded men who accompanied the charge of business of Spain in Bolivia on a courtesy visit to Mercado, was questioned by the police of Bolivia, which caused an impasse that resulted in the expulsion of several diplomats from Mexico and Spain in Bolivia
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during one of his daily press conferences, in an archive image. (Photo by Hector Vivas / Getty Images)
The Bolivian Government denounced that what happened was intended to facilitate that the former asylum-seekers who have a warrant for arrest leave the residence of the Mexican ambassador. This statement was rejected by the Governments of Mexico and Spain.
"If we surrender these people, we would be ending the right of asylum that is sacred to Mexico, is part of international law," AMLO said in his morning press conference on Thursday.
The president also assured that his Government "will not fall into any provocation, is to defend our principles of foreign policy."
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