US EditionMexico Rejects DEA 'Project Portero' Claim as US Embassy Says Cooperation Exists
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum emphasized sovereignty concerns amid the DEA's Project Portero, while joint training programs continue between Mexican and U.S. officials, sources said.
- On Tuesday, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum denied any agreement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration over Project Portero after the DEA announced the operation targeting smuggling corridors and 'gatekeepers'.
- In talks stretching for months, Mexico's foreign ministry and the U.S. State Department prepared a security coordination agreement based on sovereignty, mutual trust, territorial respect and coordination without subordination; Earlier this year, Washington's cartel designations heightened sensitivity to foreign interventions.
- The DEA on Monday said it launched a multi-week training program at a southwest border intelligence center, pairing Mexican investigators with U.S. defense officials and prosecutors; Sheinbaum said, `We do not know why they put out this statement`.
- Amid recent cooperative steps, Claudia Sheinbaum asked the DEA to respect Mexico and follow protocols, stressing Mexico signs agreements only with the U.S. government, not individual agencies, after sending 26 cartel figures to the U.S.
- Given the region's sensitivities, some Latin American countries criticize DEA interventions as sovereignty violations, while Mexico's administration has toughened cartel actions and extraditions; the DEA statement also noted Terry Cole, DEA administrator, recently appointed to lead Washington police efforts.
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Mexico City, Aug. 20 (EFE).- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said this Wednesday that she will never “at risk the sovereignty” of the country, and insisted that there is no operation in the national territory of the U.S. Drug Control Administration (DEA). “What interest does the DEA have in publishing what it published two days ago? I don’t know. I probably want to say that things changed. So, what has to be very clear to the people …
By Uriel Blanco and Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted Wednesday that the United States government has security agents in the country, but they cannot operate within the country. Amid the dispute with the DEA over a bilateral security agreement, which Sheinbaum denied, the president said that US agents are in Mexico in accordance with Mexican law. “They (the US government) have agents in Mexico who mus…
Government has no agreement with the DEA, Sheinbaum said discrediting version on joint operation to fight capes at the border.
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Tensions Rise Over DEA's 'Project Portero'
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum denies any agreement with the US DEA on 'Project Portero,' a DEA operation against drug cartels. She notes Mexico's ongoing broader security talks with the US, emphasizing sovereignty and mutual respect, and criticizes the DEA for its uncoordinated announcement.
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