Thread: Mexican Official Fired After Getting Caught stealing

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352378,00.html

Whether he was up to no good or simply desperate to play BrickBreaker, a Mexican press attaché was caught on camera pocketing several White House BlackBerries during a recent meeting in New Orleans and has since been fired, FOX News has learned.

Sources with knowledge of the incident said the official, Rafael Quintero Curiel, served as the lead press advance person for the Mexican Delegation and was responsible for handling logistics and guiding the Mexican media around at the conference.

Mexican Embassy spokesman Ricardo Alday said Thursday he was asked to tender his resignation once he arrived back in Mexico City.

"Mr. Quintero will be responsible for explaining his actions to the American authorities conducting an investigation. The Mexican Government deeply regrets this incident," he said.

Quintero Curiel took six or seven of the handheld devices from a table outside a special room in the hotel where the Mexican delegation was meeting with President Bush earlier this week.

Everyone entering the room was required to leave his or her cell phone, BlackBerry and other such devices on the table, a common practice when high-level meetings are held. American officials discovered their missing belongings when they were leaving the session.

It didn't take long before Secret Service officials reviewed videotape taken by a surveillance camera and found footage showing Quintero Curiel absconding with the BlackBerries.

Sources said Quintero Curiel made it all the way to the airport before Secret Service officers caught up with him. He initially denied taking the devices, but after agents showed him the DVD, Quintero Curiel said it was purely accidental, gave them back, claimed diplomatic immunity and left New Orleans with the Mexican delegation.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino refused to discuss the incident, telling FOX News, "We are aware of the situation, but as it's under investigation by law enforcement officials, we will decline to comment."



RAFAEL QUINTERO CURIEL

Subdirector de Coordinación y Avanzada

Residencia Oficial de los Pinos 1er Piso


Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México


Telephone (55) 50935300 ext. 1665

E Mail rquintero@presidencia.gob.mx

vCard

Salary Level: NC2 | Regime: Confidence

I told Dubya Not to put pic's of Laura on his BlueBerry

You can bet your boots if anyone reading this post is caught stealing more than $2,000 worth of electronic equipment, you'd be looking for bail money. Firing the thief is not punishment.

He claimed DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY! LOL, oh my that's funny, he single handedly made the Mexican delegation look like jackasses and he thought diplomatic immunity would help him? ROFL!!!

Originally Posted by tencz57

I told Dubya Not to put pic's of Laura on his BlueBerry

????? don't you mean BLACKberry?

Na Na Na Na,
Na Na Na Na,
Hey Hey Hey
Good Bye!

Originally Posted by WhatMattersMost

Originally Posted by tencz57

I told Dubya Not to put pic's of Laura on his BlueBerry

????? don't you mean BLACKberry?

No Sir . I fiqured once the Mexican Official stole it , it was hacked

Did they fire him by a Text Message

Sources with knowledge of the incident said the official, Rafael Quintero Curiel, served as the lead press advance person for the Mexican Delegation and was responsible for handling logistics and guiding the Mexican media around at the conference.

Was Rafael part of Caldron's diplomatic corps?
In history, espionage is often carried out by a press attache. Rafael was the 'lead press advance person'.

Couldn't Rafael have pocketed more than just cell phones and blackberries--they could just have been the 'messengers'?

Rafael stole personal and/or federal property.
Rafael lied to the Secret Service.
Rafael claimed diplomatic immunity.

IMHO Rafael should have been detained, expelled and barred forever from entering the United States. If covered by diplomatic status, he should be declared 'persona non grata'.

WHAT FURTHER PROOF DOES PRESIDENT BUSH NEED THAT MEXICO IS NOT A FRIENDLY COUNTRY?

Originally Posted by MyAmerica

Sources with knowledge of the incident said the official, Rafael Quintero Curiel, served as the lead press advance person for the Mexican Delegation and was responsible for handling logistics and guiding the Mexican media around at the conference.

Was Rafael part of Caldron's diplomatic corps?
In history, espionage is often carried out by a press attache. Rafael was the 'lead press advance person'.

Couldn't Rafael have pocketed more than just cell phones and blackberries--they could just have been the 'messengers'?

Rafael stole personal and/or federal property.
Rafael lied to the Secret Service.
Rafael claimed diplomatic immunity.

IMHO Rafael should have been detained, expelled and barred forever from entering the United States. If covered by diplomatic status, he should be declared 'persona non grata'.

WHAT FURTHER PROOF DOES PRESIDENT BUSH NEED THAT MEXICO IS NOT A FRIENDLY COUNTRY?

The way the first news about this was written the answer is yes. He was the Press Official I believe?

This was no accident...........