LatinNews Daily - 16 December 2024

Mexico: On 10 December US President-elect Donald Trump said that he would name Ronald Johnson, as his pick for ambassador to Mexico when his new administration takes office next month. Writing on social media Trump said, “Ron will work closely with our great Secretary of State Nominee, Marco Rubio, to promote our Nation’s security and prosperity through strong America First Foreign Policies.” Johnson served as former ambassador to El Salvador (2019-2021) under Trump’s first administration, prior to which he had served in the US government for over four decades, first as an officer in the US Army where he served from 1984-1998, retiring as a colonel, and then as a member of the intelligence community. At the time of his appointment to El Salvador, Johnson was serving as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s Science and Technology Liaison to the US Special Operations Command, in Tampa, Florida.  Previously (2013-2017), he was special adviser to the US Southern Command (Southcom) in Miami, managing collaboration between Southcom and the intelligence community, the US State Department, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Homeland Security and the US Agency for International Development (Usaid), among others. If confirmed he will take over as Trump has threatened to apply 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada if they fail to stop drug trafficking and illegal immigration into the US with mass deportations also put on the agenda as part of a likely wider bilateral negotiation with Washington.

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