US EditionEl Salvador recalls its ambassador from Mexico and disputes origin of drug flight
EL SALVADOR, JUL 10 – El Salvador denies involvement in drug trafficking after Mexico seized 427 kilograms of cocaine from a plane, recalling its ambassador and demanding immediate clarification from Mexico.
- On July 9, 2025, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele recalled the nation's ambassador to Mexico following disputed claims about a drug trafficking plane.
- The recall came after Mexico’s security minister, Omar García Harfuch, stated that a small aircraft involved in drug trafficking had departed from El Salvador and was intercepted in the state of Colima.
- Bukele denied these claims, providing flight tracking data showing the plane never entered Salvadoran airspace and stating the three arrested men were Mexican citizens.
- Authorities seized 427 kilograms of cocaine and arrested three men upon the plane's landing in Colima, but Mexico's Foreign Affairs ministry was reviewing the case.
- The dispute highlights diplomatic tensions and Bukele's stance that El Salvador neither hides criminals nor tolerates drug trafficking, demanding Mexico clarify and correct the public narrative.
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