Mexico’s Sheinbaum demands explanations after US Embassy officials die in Chihuahua
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum He said Monday he would seek an explanation after four U.S. Embassy and Mexican officials died in a weekend crash, adding that he was unaware of cooperation between the U.S. and the local government in northern Chihuahua.
Sheinbaum said the state attorney general wanted to ensure no laws were broken after Sunday’s deaths, which authorities said occurred while returning from an operation to destroy clandestine laboratories in a rural area.
“It was not an operation that the security cabinet was aware of,” Sheinbaum told reporters. “We were not informed; this was a decision of the Chihuahua government.” For such cooperation at the state level, they must receive authorization from the federal government “as established by the Constitution,” he said.
there was Pressure from US President Donald Trump is increasing For the Sheinbaum administration to bring down the cartels. The government took action Joint military operation in Ecuador.
He died while authorities were returning from an operation to destroy laboratories of criminal groups possibly used to produce drugs, Chihuahua Chief Prosecutor César Jáuregui said Sunday. The four people killed were two investigative officials from the local government and two embassy trainers who, Jáuregui said, were attending a routine training.
Authorities provided few details about the incident. US Ambassador Ronald Johnson expressed his condolences on social media but did not specify his colleagues’ roles.
Sheinbaum said more information would be provided once all the details were gathered, but emphasized that “there are no joint operations on the ground or in the air”, only mutual information sharing between his government and the US is carried out within a “well-established” legal framework.
Sheinbaum said he plans to facilitate a meeting between Johnson and Mexico’s foreign minister on Monday.
While U.S. training of Mexican security forces is widespread, the presence of these forces on Mexican soil has been the subject of ongoing debate, which has intensified after Trump’s military operations in the United States. Venezuelan And Iranian.
The latest controversy arose in January over the former Canadian athlete’s detention in Mexico. Ryan’s WeddingHe is one of the most wanted fugitives in the United States. Mexican officials claimed he surrendered at the US Embassy, while US officials described his capture as the result of a binational operation.
Sheinbaum’s comments came as the second round of negotiations between the United States and Mexico on the North American free trade agreement USMCA began in Mexico City. US delegation is headed by the Trade Representative Jamieson GreerHe was scheduled to meet with the president on Monday.
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