The consulate's presence in the Beehive state is a testament to the unique relationship between Utah and Mexico — one that has endured the Mexican revolution, economic growth and periods of heightened nationalism on both sides of the border.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mexican Consulate of Salt Lake City has represented Mexican nationals and the broader Hispanic community in Utah for over a century.
"It's very interesting because you know this is one of the places that — because it's farther north, it's not on the border — where you wouldn't normally think one of the oldest offices would be," he said. "So it does sort of give the consulate here a special sort of sense to it.
"In recent years citizens of the state of Utah have invested extensively in Mexican lands and enterprises. As a result, there is a very considerable volume of business transacted, involving titles to land, transfers, contracts, etc., and the residents of this state are embarrassed through their inability to transact business expeditiously, to say nothing of the expense they are put to in handling their affairs from Utah," Spry wrote in a June 1910 letter to the secretary of state.
Hashimoto's goal, along with the state's, was to introduce a cheap labor supply into Utah's economy. And Mexico — with a few stipulations on how its workers could be treated — was ready to fill that need. In fact, about 10% of Mexico's population, about, fled north during the revolution, mostly stopping in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Those migration patterns meant Utah had to make a concerted effort to attract Mexican laborers.
"That's a very special link that we have that doesn't repeat itself in any other of our consulates." Baca, the current head consul, said. "There's a lot of points where we do feel that they support indirectly a lot of activities or allies that we have that are very important to the work that we do.
Mexican and U.S. flags on display at the Mexican Consulate in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
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