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Mexican consul general visits Grand Junction




BY MARIJA B. VADER
GRAND JUNCTION, CO
April 25, 2008

Mexico would prefer its citizens stay in their home country, contribute to the economy there and earn money there, rather than leave for the United States, said Eduardo Arnal, consul general of Mexico.

A lawyer and former congressman in Mexico, Arnal, 37, stopped briefly in Grand Junction Thursday on a quick trip through western Colorado.

Arnal was to have left for Mexico this morning, but not before commenting on hot-button topics like immigration, the presidential race, a recent comment by State Rep. Doug Bruce and the less-contentious topic of commerce between the countries.

Doug Bruce’s comments

Republican State Rep. Doug Bruce offended Arnal and the Mexican government Monday after Bruce called Mexican farm workers “illiterate peasants.â€