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authorities have not confirmed a slate of reports that the individuals were agents with the CIA, Washington’s top international intelligence agency, in Mexico as part of a wider operation
authorities, comes as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum warned that [Washington’s covert operations](/news/2026/4/25/presence-of-reported-us-cia-agents-killed-in-crash-not-authorised-mexico) in her country must not be repeated, following the deaths earlier this month of two CIA agents in a car accident
authorities had not been informed of their presence. The incident comes amid at-times fraught relations between Mexico and the US on a number of issues including counter-narcotics. Sheinbaum has come under intensifying pressure
Mexico, which US officials say is the main transit point for the bulk of illicit flows of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the country. Last month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to sanction authorities
CIA. Contradictory statements from authorities in Chihuahua also compounded the confusion about who was involved in the antidrug operation. On Monday, the state attorney general’s office in Chihuahua issued a [statement](https://fiscalia.chihuahua.gob.mx/elementos-extranjeros-nunca-participaron-en-operativo-de-narcolaboratorio-fiscal-jauregui/)
Mexico have emphasised that they are working together with Mexican authorities. Those agencies include the CIA, which has taken a much greater role in the fight against drug trafficking in the [Americas](https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas)
authorities for information to determine if the operation may have breached Mexican national security law, which does not allow for joint operations without prior approval at federal level. She stressed that while her government worked
CIA. MVM did not respond to a detailed request for comment by time of publication. In 2024, MVM was [sued](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.casd.789549/gov.uscourts.casd.789549.1.0.pdf) by two Guatemalan fathers and their respective children in a California federal
authorities. On Monday, Sheinbaum maintained her defiant stance on national sovereignty, and denied any links between her government and organized crime. “We’re not going to cover for anyone under any circumstances,” she said
Mexico. The US will host 78 matches, in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and East Rutherford, New Jersey, which is about 10 miles from Manhattan