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Mexico Denies CNN Report of CIA Car Bombing on Its Soil
Mexico and the CIA denied the report, while CNN said the agency’s covert campaign has targeted mostly mid-level cartel members.
- On Tuesday, Mexican authorities and the Central Intelligence Agency rejected a CNN report alleging CIA operatives directly participated in fatal attacks on cartel targets in Mexico over the last year.
- CNN cited anonymous sources claiming the agency's elite Ground Branch unit conducted targeted assassinations, including a vehicle blast near Felipe Angeles International Airport that killed Sinaloa Cartel operator Francisco Beltrán.
- Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch stated the Mexican government 'categorically rejects' narratives of unilateral foreign operations, while CIA spokesperson Liz Lyons called the story 'false and salacious' reporting.
- Tensions persist following an April vehicle crash in Chihuahua that killed two CIA officers, prompting President Claudia Sheinbaum to warn against unauthorized foreign participation in Mexican operations.
- President Donald Trump has intensified pressure on cartels by framing them as national security threats, alarming Mexican officials who fear this rhetoric could justify unilateral United States military action.
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Sheinbaum denies CIA involvement in assassination of cartel operative on Mexican soil
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that media reports claiming the CIA was involved in a recent targeted car bombing outside Mexico City were "fictions the size of the universe."
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Secret operation has been taking place since 2025 with the aim of dismantling entire drug trafficking networks. Trump government said Mexican cartels are 'in war' against the US.
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Mexico, U.S. Refute NYT, CNN Reports of Joint Assassination Operations on Mexican Soil
The governments of the United States and Mexico are refuting a series of reports from CNN and the New York Times claiming that CIA agents were carrying out covert assassination operations targeting cartel figures in Mexico. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
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Leaning Left21Leaning Right14Center24Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Center
Bias Distribution
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L 35%
C 41%
R 24%
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