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| Mexican ambassador caught shoplifting book resigns citing health problems | Mexican ambassador caught shoplifting book resigns citing health problems |
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| Mexico's ambassador to Argentina has resigned amid new allegations of theft, after video previously emerged of him attempting to shoplift a book. | |
| Ricardo Valero, 77, cited health problems as he stepped down, and the Mexican foreign minister said he was undergoing neurological treatment. | |
| Mr Valero was recalled this month after CCTV showed him taking a book from a Buenos Aires shop without paying. | |
| He is now accused of the attempting to steal a shirt from an airport shop. | He is now accused of the attempting to steal a shirt from an airport shop. |
| The diplomat made headlines after he was caught picking up a book from the shelf in the El Ateneo Grand Splendid in October and then slipping it inside a newspaper before attempting to exit the store. | |
| The $10 (£7) book was reportedly a biography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century Italian writer, soldier and spy best known as a charming adventurer. | The $10 (£7) book was reportedly a biography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century Italian writer, soldier and spy best known as a charming adventurer. |
| He pleaded diplomatic immunity and the case was not taken further, but he was recalled by Mexico's foreign ministry after the video was leaked. | He pleaded diplomatic immunity and the case was not taken further, but he was recalled by Mexico's foreign ministry after the video was leaked. |
| Mr Valero then reportedly attempted to steal a shirt from a duty free shop at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires just before he boarded a flight to Mexico. | Mr Valero then reportedly attempted to steal a shirt from a duty free shop at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires just before he boarded a flight to Mexico. |
| The ministry accepted his resignation on Sunday. | The ministry accepted his resignation on Sunday. |
| "Ricardo Valero is a great person, he's undergoing neurological treatment and I wish him a speedy recovery," Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote on Twitter. | "Ricardo Valero is a great person, he's undergoing neurological treatment and I wish him a speedy recovery," Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard wrote on Twitter. |
| Local media has reported that Mr Valero's behaviour had been monitored by medical professionals in 2013 after surviving a brain tumour. | Local media has reported that Mr Valero's behaviour had been monitored by medical professionals in 2013 after surviving a brain tumour. |
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