Anchorage’s Mexican Consulate will close in November

Consul of Mexico in Seattle Eduardo Baca spoke about the closing of Anchorage’s Consulate. (Hillman/KSKA)
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The Mexican Consulate in Anchorage is closing to the public at the end of November because of budgetary reasons. Running the 10-person office costs about half a million dollars each year. It opened in 2009 because the state was seeing an increase in the Mexican population, and Alaska’s vast geography made reaching a consulate difficult. The American Community Surve