Several American officials leaving a meeting in New Orleans between the Bush administartion and Mexican Deleagtes, were stunned to discover their Blackberries missing from a table where they were required to leave them. Secret Service agents viewing video taken of the table during the meeting revealed the lead press advance person for the Mexican Delegation, Rafael Quintero Curiel, pocketing the devices.
Agents caught up with Curiel at the airport and he initially denied taking the seven devices. When confronted with a DVD showing him absconding with them, he admitted to taking them “accidentally.” He was forced to return them.
Upon his arrival back in Mexico, he was asked to tender his resignation, according to a Mexican Embassy spokesman.
“Mr. Quintero will be responsible for explaining his actions to the American authorities conducting an investigation. The Mexican Government deeply regrets this incident,” the spokesman said.
Michelle Malkin’s website states he has invoked Diplomatic Immunity.
How does one “accidentally” leave with seven extra Blackberries when he arrived with only one?
