Sheinbaum Denies U.S. Agents Supporting Mexico in Anti-Narcotics Operations · Global Voices
- On May 16, 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denied U.S. Agent involvement in anti-drug operations within Mexico during the World Cup Committee installation in Mexico City.
- Her denial responded to a front-page report showing a photograph allegedly depicting U.S. Agents in a Sinaloa drug-lab raid, which authorities currently investigate for authenticity and location.
- Sheinbaum emphasized Mexico has never allowed foreign agency participation in operations since the previous administration and affirmed Mexico’s sovereignty and respectful relations with the U.S.
- Sheinbaum affirmed that Mexico will not tolerate any breach of its sovereignty and emphasized that the country will no longer allow the United States to control its policy decisions.
- This statement underscores Mexico’s intention to maintain national control over security matters while hosting the 2026 World Cup and managing infrastructure efforts ahead of the event.
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Mexico Denies Involvement of U.S. Agents in Anti-Drug Operations - teleSUR English
‘We are not going to allow the violation of our sovereignty’, President Sheinbaum stressed. On Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected claims that U.S. agents are involved in anti-drug trafficking operations on Mexican soil. RELATED: Sheinbaum Emphasizes Respectful U.S.-Mexico Relations Amid Trump Criticism The denial followed a front-page report earlier in the day by a Mexican media outlet, which published a photograph allegedly …


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The week is closing, for President Claudia Sheinbaum, as she began: on the defensive, with the initiative lost and wrapped in a whirlwind of counter-information. Sheinbaum is in a brief for a photograph published in various media, in which four officers appear in tactical uniforms, presumably American, and a text that said that the Office of Migration and Customs (ICE) and the Criminal Investigation Office of the Department of Homeland Security …
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