Mexico’s Senate confirms Cristina Planter as deputy foreign secretary for North America

Mexico’s Senate unanimously confirmed Cristina Planter Riebeling as deputy secretary for North America at the Foreign Ministry. She took the oath of office immediately before the full chamber.

Planter holds a degree in international relations from ITAM and a master’s degree in international economics and international affairs from Johns Hopkins University, where she specialized in foreign and American policy and pursued a sub-specialization in Canadian studies.

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It is the result of more than a decade of specialization in the region.

Her career at the Foreign Ministry includes posts as director for Canada and trilateral mechanisms, director of political affairs for North America, and, since 2023, director general for diplomatic strategy for North America. She has also worked at Mexico’s embassy in Washington and consulate in Milwaukee.

Alejandro Murat, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the appointment was not improvised. “It is the result of more than a decade of specialization in the region,” he said. Murat also said the current administrations of President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump had shown that legal migration could be strengthened while irregular migration had fallen by 98 percent.

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On migration, the current administrations of President Claudia Sheinbaum and President Trump have shown that legal migration can be strengthened and irregular migration has already fallen by 98 percent.