Ken Salazar
United States
Democratic
United States Ambassador to Mexico
government
Kenneth Lee Salazar is an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Mexico from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 50th United States secretary of the interior in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013 and as a United States senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009.
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Jun 11, 2026
Lean Right
U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has been publicly critical of Mexico's judicial overhaul, warning it undermines rule of law and could complicate the USMCA review scheduled for 2026.
PRI voices cite Salazar's warnings as validation of long-standing centrist concerns that Morena's reforms risk damaging the trade relationship that PRI technocrats painstakingly built through NAFTA negotiations.