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US Consulate’s longest-serving employee takes a well-deserved rest

Foreign Service officers may come and go at the United States Consulate General in Guadalajara but an essential part of the mission’s vertebral column is its Mexican employees.

At the end of last month, Public Affairs Specialist Manuel Bañuelos retired after completing 35 years with the U.S. diplomatic agency.  He was the consulate’s longest-serving employee.