Mexican Consul Who Promoted IDs to Leave

The Mexican consul in Orange County who promoted the acceptance of Mexican identification cards by local police agencies is leaving his post.

After three years in the job at the Santa Ana consulate, Miguel Angel Isidro will leave in August for Quezaltenango, Guatemala. The transfer is routine, Mexican officials said.

Isidro is credited with improving relations between Mexican immigrants and police, who frequently turned immigrants taken into custody over to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. In some cases, people were deported after minor traffic offenses because they could not show proof of identity.