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Jared Kushner To Be Awarded Mexico’s Highest Honor By The President of Mexico

According to Mexican newspaper the Reforma, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will award White House senior adviser Jared Kushner with the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico’s highest honor for foreigners.

Peña Nieto will present Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, with the award on Thursday at the G-20 summit in Argentina.

It’s likely to be Peña Nieto’s last major act as president, as he is due to hand over power to President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday.

Vice President Pence and Kushner’s wife, Ivanka Trump, are scheduled to represent the United States at Lopez Obrador’s inauguration.

Kushner has been at the center of the U.S.-Mexico relationship during Trump’s tenure, in great part thanks to his personal friendship with Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray.

Previous recipients of the Aztec Eagle include Walt Disney, former Argentine first lady Evita Peron, Fidel Castro, former Sen. Ted Kennedy and Bill and Melinda Gates.

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