In December 2010, WikiLeaks published cables from the US embassy in Mexico. One described the Mexican army as “lento” (slow) and marked by “aversión al riesgo” (aversion to risk). In an interview with El Universal, President Felipe Calderón said: “la ignorancia del señor se traduce en una distorsión de lo que ocurre en México” (the gentleman’s ignorance turns into a distortion of what happens in Mexico). According to AP, he did not name the ambassador, Carlos Pascual.
On March 19, 2011, Pascual presented his resignation. Expansión reported that Calderón had said he had lost confidence in him.