Mexico City, Mexico, December 1, 2009 - The following statement may be attributed to Brownsville, Texas native, Tony Garza, the former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Garza serves as counsel in the Mexico City office of White & Case and is a partner of U.S.-based ViaNovo:

"Bill Summers believed in South Texas, the border and northeastern Mexico and saw better than most the promise of all that this region could be.

"Grounded in realism but with an unbridled optimism, Bill was a happy warrior for the Rio Grande Valley.

"Those that knew him will miss him, and those who did not know him might never truly appreciate the positive impact he had on all our lives."

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