{"id":16034,"date":"2026-05-13T12:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16034"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:39:49","slug":"mexico-rejects-cnn-report-on-deadly-cia-operations-against-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16034","title":{"rendered":"Mexico rejects CNN report on deadly CIA operations against cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mexican authorities and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency rejected on Tuesday a CNN news story \u200breporting that CIA operatives have directly participated in fatal attacks on cartel targets \u200cin Mexico over the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260513123720-1024x688.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260513123720-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260513123720-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260513123720-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260513123720.png 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The CNN story, published earlier on Tuesday and citing anonymous sources, said the CIA has ramped up its covert operations in Mexico through the agency&#8217;s elite \u200bGround Branch unit. This activity includes directly participating in targeted assassinations, CNN \u200breported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Mexican government categorically rejects any versions (of events) that seek to \u2060normalize, justify or suggest the existence of lethal, covert or unilateral operations by \u200bforeign agencies on Mexican soil,&#8221; Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said on X.<br>The CIA, \u200bthrough a post on X from spokesperson Liz Lyons, said of the CNN story: &#8220;This is false and salacious reporting that serves as nothing more than a PR campaign for the cartels and \u200bputs American lives at risk.&#8221;<br>The presence of CIA operatives in Mexico has \u200bstrained the bilateral relationship in recent weeks.<br>On April 19, two U.S. officials died in a \u200ccar \u2060accident in the northern state of Chihuahua after returning from a Mexican security operation to dismantle a drug lab. Three sources told Reuters the officials were CIA officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>had been involved \u200bin the operation, \u2060and has told the U.S. that unauthorized participation of U.S. officials should not be repeated.<br>The presence of U.S. personnel in \u200banti-cartel operations is a deeply sensitive matter in Mexico. Sheinbaum \u200bhas long \u2060maintained that she welcomes intelligence sharing and security cooperation but will not accept U.S. agents or forces participating in operations on Mexican territory.<br>In contrast, U.S. President Donald Trump has \u2060repeatedly \u200bcalled for greater use of U.S. military force to \u200bcombat Mexican cartels, and has threatened that the U.S. could go it alone if Washington feels Mexico \u200bisn&#8217;t doing enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican authorities and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency rejected on Tuesday a CNN news story \u200breporting that CIA operatives have directly participated in fatal attacks on cartel targets \u200cin Mexico over the last year. 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