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President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected a media report which means that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives from the United States were involved in the killing of drug traffickers in the Mexican state.
During his morning press conference on Wednesday, Sheinbaum said reports, from CNN and The New York Times, about this are false.
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The CIA also denied the reports, while CNN said it was standing by its report.
“Imagine how big a lie it would be if the CIA itself had to come out and remove” the story, Sheinbaum told reporters. He also called the New York Times report “a myth of environmental expansion”.
It was the highest-profile denial to come from the Mexican government since the allegations were made on Tuesday.
Sheinbaum goes on to say that US law enforcement officials are not directly involved in Mexican affairs, despite media reports. meaning something else.
On Tuesday, CNN reported in an anonymous source that the CIA was involved in an “extensive and unprecedented” campaign against cartels in Mexico, including targeting organized crime.
The report referred to the March 2026 explosion that killed Francisco Beltran, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel, and his driver.
Mexico’s securities laws require foreign businesses to obtain a permit from the government to operate on the country’s soil.
CNN reports suggest that some of the CIA’s actions may not have been coordinated with the Mexican government.
Although the Sheinbaum government has agreed to share intelligence with the US, it has rejected the possibility that the US military is operating without permission in Mexican territory.
A recent CNN report has criticized both sides of the US-Mexico border.
On social media postCIA spokeswoman Liz Lyons called the report “false and malicious reporting that serves as a PR campaign for the cartels and puts American lives at risk”.
Mexico’s defense secretary, Omar Harfuch, admitted that cooperation between the two governments “is there”. However, he also said that the CNN report was incorrect.
“The government of Mexico categorically rejects any story that seeks to change, justify, or suggest the presence of threats, hidden, or collusion with foreign organizations in their country,” he said. he wrote on social media.
CNN says it stands by the accuracy of its reporting. His report is the latest incident in which the CIA has been rumored to be operating in Mexico, possibly without federal authorization in Mexico.
For example, in April, two US officials, believed to be CIA officers, also died in a car accident while returning with Mexican soldiers from a drug bust.
The Sheinbaum administration said to refuse to know the CIA involved in the drug operation and called for an investigation into what happened.
Officials in Chihuahua state that the two US officials were on their way to the airport from the Mexican police, after receiving instructions on how to use drones.
But questions about the possibility of US covert operations on Mexican soil have increased since President Donald Trump took office for a second term in 2025.
Trump wants to strengthen Mexico’s policies in areas such as crime, border enforcement and drug traffickingusing a tariff on imported goods as an interest rate.
He also threatened to take action against Mexican criminals, although Sheinbaum insisted that would violate the country’s constitution. authority.
“We have to take them down,” Trump said of the Mexican cartels in March.
“We have to knock the hell out of them because they’re getting worse. They’re taking over their country. The cartels are running Mexico. We can’t have it. Too close to us, too close to you.”
Although Mexico and the US have been cooperating for a long time in the fight against drugs through the sharing of intelligence and security cooperation, the direct involvement of the US has been seen as a red line in the country with a long history of US intervention.
