Verástegui receives the United States ambassador with dinner

The United States ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson , attended a welcome dinner attended by business leaders and figures from the arts.

Eduardo Verastegui, an actor and former presidential candidate with a conservative agenda, is reported to have been the sponsor of the welcome dinner.

In various audiovisual materials, the diplomat stated: "May God bless you all. Thank you to Mexico and to my brother who is here," referring to the actor and promoter of a political association that defends causes such as the right to life from conception.

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The meeting was also attended by singer Emmanuel , as well as business leaders. The dinner took place after the U.S. ambassador visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, his first visit to Mexico.

Verastegui was one of the attendees at the swearing-in ceremony of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico before Vice President JD Vance.

The White House noted that the presidential candidate is a pro-life activist and human rights defender who attended as a special guest of Johnson.

Ronald Johnson, who was appointed U.S. ambassador to Mexico, was sworn in last Tuesday by Vice President JD Vance.

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The U.S. Embassy in Mexico published photographs of the formal ceremony prior to the arrival of the new ambassador in the country.

He is a diplomat with military training and an intelligence specialist, as a former operator in the country's Army's special forces and as a former agent of the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency.

The military expert took office as the United States representative in Mexico amid bilateral tensions, including President Donald Trump's calls for direct US troop intervention against drug trafficking in the country, which Claudia Sheinbaum rejected.