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Hopefully not a fata http://www.nationalpost.com/most_pop...html?id=366097

Thought this was surprising.

A part of an article,

Ms. Martin, 51 <snip> has been in jail awaiting trial for two years and two months in Guadalajara -- for the first 18 months without any official contact from anyone at Canada's consulate in the city.

Her "crime" was that she worked as a chef for a convicted fraudster, Alyn Waage, who bilked investors worldwide out of about $60-million. He bribed his way out of Mexico and is currently serving a 10-year sentence in an American prison. While in Waage's employ, Ms. Martin argued with her former boss and was given a one-year severance package of $28,000.

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The political blame for this disgrace lands squarely at the feet of the

In January, <Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Helena Guergis> travelled to Mexico and met with that country's attorney-general, foreign minister and other officials and asked for Ms. Martin's legal proceedings to be expedited. Despite being 20 minutes from Ms. Martin's prison cell, she did not visit her. "That's not my job. There are 13 Canadians in Mexican jails and if I visit one, I have to visit them all," she said in an interview last night. "It's not my job to meet them -- it's my job to advocate for them."


I love politicians. (PS: Yes I do vote in national elections)