Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has refuted reports claiming the US Central Intelligence Agency helped assassinate cartel members within Mexican territory. The denials follow allegations from US media, including a CNN report, stating that the CIA directly participated in deadly anti-cartel operations, including an assassination carried out with an explosive hidden in a car.
The presence of CIA operatives in Mexico has strained the bilateral relationship between the two nations in recent weeks.
These developments come after a car crash last month in the northern state of Chihuahua. The accident resulted in the deaths of two CIA agents and local Mexican investigators who were returning from an anti-narcotics operation.