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They have calmed down since, but intend to keep an eye on him. "We think the statements were unfortunate," Mario del Valle Fer nandez, a legislator from the rul ing Institutional Revolutionary Party, told The Associated Press last week. "For us, these are domestic is sues, issues of sovereignty. Mr. Jones needs to respect us and lis ten to our point of view. And he needs to be careful what he says." Mexico's relations with Ameri can ambassadors often have been difficult. Jones says he will be dif ferent, but he may have to prove it. John Gavin, who once held the job, likened it to walking through a minefield. In a telephone interview, Jones said the news reports did not bother him and that he would not interfere in Mexico's internal af fairs. He said his comment to Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., during his confirmation hearing in July was blown out of proportion by the Mexican press. "Once the reporters get to know me and my way of opera tion, there won't be any problem," he said. Jones is scheduled to ar rive in Mexico Tuesday to assume his new job overseeing Washing ton's largest diplomatic mission. Ambush kills 7 soldiers, warlord to blame The Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United Nations blamed an ambush that killed seven Nigerian sol diers on warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and a U.S. official said the attack demonstrated the need to quickly capture the fugitive leader. The attack was the deadliest assault on U.N. peacekeepers in Somalia since June, when 24 Pak istani soldiers died. Seven Nigerian soldiers and a U.S. diplomat were wounded Sunday. A Nigerian soldier was also miss ing. The Nigerian commander accused the Italian U.N. contingent of not coming to his soldiers' aid. Later Sunday, Somali fighters fired on a U.N. air field, and American troops in helicopters responded by attacking the Somali mortar position with cannons and rockets, a U.N. spokesman in Mogadishu said. Spokesman Maj. David Stockwell said he knew of no Somali or U.N. casualties. He said the Somali fighters took cover in a nearby building used as a hospital, and the U.N. forces held their fire. The seven Nigerians were killed as they went to the aid of other U.N. peacekeepers surrounded by a mob of stone-throwing Somalis. Capt. Tim McDavitt, a U.N. military spokesman, said the platoon of Nigerian soldiers returned fire for at least half an hour, but it was not known if there were any Somali casualties. Somali bystanders said at least 30 of their country men were killed or wounded. McDavitt said that in addition to the seven Nigeri ans killed and seven wounded, one was missing. So mali bystanders said one Nigerian, a sergeant, had been captured. An unidentified American diplomat attached to the U.S. liaison office in Mogadishu was shot in the chest after he and five colleagues apparently stum bled onto the ambush, the official said. The diplomat was later listed in fair to good con dition at an American military hospital. In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali deplored the deaths, and said they demonstrated "the urgent need" to disarm all of So malia's factions. Retired Adm. Jonathan Howe, the U.N. special en voy to Somalia, called the ambush a "wanton, unpro voked and premeditated attack" and blamed it on Aidid. Robert Gosende, the U.S. special representative in Somalia, said the attack emphasized the need to quickly capture Aidid, who has been waging an ur ban guerrilla war against the United Nations for months. The commander of Nigerian forces in Somalia, Lt. Col. Ola Oyinlolo, heatedly accused Italian troops of not coming to the aid of his soldiers, underscoring di visions within the 29-nation U.N. force. 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