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Mexican minister of environment resigns after causing delay to commercial flight

González Blanco will become the second top official in the new government to step down this week

It was not immediately clear if López Obrador accepted the resignation, a spokeswoman for the president said - Photo: Juan Carlos Reyes/EL UNIVERSAL

English | 25-05-19 | 17:00 | Reuters | Actualizada | 25-05-19 | 17:18 |

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Mexico’s minister of environment and natural resources

Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena

presented her resignation to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador after causing a delay to a commercial flight, the office of the president said on Saturday.

“Yesterday I caused a delay to the passengers and crew of a commercial flight […] Mexico’s transformation should start with great personal conviction and accountability. This is why I have presented my resignation to President López Obrador,” she stated.

El día de ayer causé un retraso a los pasajeros y tripulación de un vuelo comercial. El verdadero cambio requiere que nadie tenga privilegios y que el beneficio de uno, así sea para cumplir con sus funciones, no esté por encima del bienestar de la mayoría.
— Josefa Gonzalez Blanco Ortiz Mena (@Josefa_GBOM) May 25, 2019

President López Obrador immediately accepted the resignation, a spokeswoman for the president said.

González Blanco has now become the second top official in the new government to step down this week, after the head of Mexico’s social security institute .