Mexico's New Leader Takes Office / US Consulate Attacked, Hours Before Ivanka Trump & Mike Pence Visit To Mexico, Hours Before Ivanka Trump & Mike Pence Visit To Mexico, US Consulate Attacked Ivanka Trump and Mike Pence flew into Mexico City, heading of a high-level US delegation attending the inauguration of Mexico's new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Guadalajara: The US consulate in Mexico's second city, Guadalajara, was attacked with explosives hours before a visit to the country by Vice President Mike Pence and first daughter Ivanka Trump, authorities said Saturday. The explosion late Friday night damaged a wall but caused no injuries, they said. "The investigation has been handed over to federal authorities, who will give information on developments in due time," the prosecutor's office for the western state of Jalisco, where Guadalajara is located, said on Twitter. The attack occurred just before Pence and President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump flew into Mexico City on Saturday morning at the head of a high-level US delegation attending the inauguration of Mexico's new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Prosecution sources said a person threw an explosive device at the building and ran away. The suspect was caught on film by security cameras but evaded authorities, despite the heavy security presence at the building. Grenade fragments were found at the scene, according to investigation sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The blast left a 40-centimeter (16-inch) hole in an exterior wall. In a video posted online in recent days, purportedly by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the powerful drug trafficking organization had threatened to attack the consulate. COMMENT The cartel, one of the largest and most violent in Mexico, is a top target for US anti-drug operations.  https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-consulate-in-mexicos-guadalajara-attacked-with-explosives-1956556 ========================================================= WSJ: Mexico’s New Leader Takes Office Vowing a Bigger State Role in the Economy Expectations are high for Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who won a landslide victory on a wave of discontent with the political establishment  MEXICO CITY—Andrés Manuel López Obrador was sworn in Saturday as Mexico’s first leftist president since the 1970s, railing against the “neoliberal” economic policies of recent decades and calling on the U.S. to support regional development as a way of discouraging migration. https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-new-leader-takes-office-facing-migrant-crisis-market-selloff-1543686085 New Mexican President Wants the USA to PAY FOR THE MIGRANTS: Food, Housing, etc - He is using them as a WEAPON against the USA! What a Jerk! So How in the world are these people Suddenly OUR Financial Responsibility??? I thought he was supposed to be a Revolutionist. He sounds like a Soros Minion. Soros put them there, let Soros pay for their food, housing, etc. for years!  A precedence is being set here, I hope Trump hangs tough or there will be no end to these invasions, and the USA will soon be paying for Housing, Food, Med Care, Education for ALL OF CENTRAL AMERICA! AND HOW DARE HE DEMAND THAT WE TAKE IN MORE OF THESE CRIMINAL MIGRANTS????  I say since every single one of these migrants intended to come here and break our laws, every single one of them should be immediately disqualified for any type of entry, PERIOD. "One of the first difficult issues facing Mr. López Obrador is an immigration crisis on the Mexico-U.S. border that could strain relations with Mr. Trump. On Sunday, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard plans to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, with migration at the top of the agenda. Mr. Ebrard and U.S. officials have been in talks in recent weeks over a plan that would require migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed, according to members of Mr. López Obrador’s team. In exchange, Mr. López Obrador wants the U.S. to significantly increase the number of asylum requests it processes at key ports of entry, provide funds for shelter and assistance to the migrants, and back his initiative to foster development and investment in Central America, these people say. The initiative, which he has said will be part government-financed, part private, envisions some $20 billion over the next six years.