Overview
- An embassy statement says Martha Zamarripa ended her assignment on February 28 and left the mission that day.
- Officials report she remains in Belize only to process her household move (menaje de casa) and will depart by the end of the week.
- Minister Vladimir Hernández Lara will serve as chargé d’affaires ad interim to maintain operations until the new envoy arrives.
- The Senate-approved ambassador, Ana Luisa Vallejo Barba, is scheduled to take office in the second half of March.
- The embassy noted diplomats have 15 business days to complete an Acta de Entrega-Recepción, countering social and media claims she refused to hand over the post; earlier reporting about internal complaints against Zamarripa forms part of the backdrop.