Roberto Velasco Alvarez, chief officer for North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lights the fire as Chikawa dancers perform to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during ceremony in Houston, Friday, June 18, 2021.
Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, center, shakes hands with Quincy Allen, Director of District Operations for the Texas Department of Transportation, during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia shakes hands with Roberto Velasco Alvarez, Chief Officer for North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia hands an American flag that was flying at the U.S. Congress to Alicia Kerber Palma, Consul General of Mexico in Houston, during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Roberto Velasco Alvarez, Chief Officer for North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaking to the press during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Officials from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs join in a prayer as Chikawa dancers perform to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Officials from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs watch as Chikawa dancers perform to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Chikawa dancers perform to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Officials from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs join in the Aztec tradition of lighting the fire as Chikawa dancers perform to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner shakes hands with Alicia Kerber Palma, Consul General of Mexico in Houston, during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Dancing feathers from a Chikawa group during a performance to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia shakes hands with Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Chikawa dancers perform to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
officials from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs join in Aztec tradition of lighting the fire as Chikawa dancers perform to celebrate the new Mexican Consulate building during a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Houston.
Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón opened the new state-of-the art headquarters of the Mexican Consulate in Houston’s Westchase area Friday.
“This new headquarters will help us to significantly increase our presence in the region and to be able to provide better services for both Mexicans and people interested in Mexico,” Ebrard said at a ceremony in an art gallery in the new complex.
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