Sheinbaum supports the investigation of the Mexican Prosecution on operation with US agents.
The Mexican president said that several questions should be resolved where the US agents participated in the operation
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, supported this Wednesday the investigation in progress of the General Attorney of the Republic (FGR) about an anti-drug operation from weeks ago in Chihuahua (north) in which American CIA agents supposedly participated.
“It is very important to know” whether there was “interference” by “foreign agents” in the territory, “because this is not a matter of whether a government is working for the security of its people. The issue has to do with interference, with the presence of foreign agents or foreign citizens in security operations”, the president stressed in her daily press conference.
After the Public Ministry announced that it is going to call some fifty witnesses to find out whether the Government of the State of Chihuahua violated the law in said operation, Sheinbaum r reiterated that both state authorities and any “foreign citizen” who works on security issues in “any of the agencies” of the U.S. must comply with the laws in Mexico.
“Every authority must respect the Constitution and the laws. So, the investigation that the Prosecutor's Office does to know how this collaboration takes place is very important,” he insisted.
The Mexican president said that several questions must be resolved, such as the participants in the operation, who ordered it or why the federal government was not informed.
Therefore, he celebrated that the FGR “clarified” it and left in the hands of the Public Ministry the conclusion of whether the current legislation was violated.
“It is very important that the people of Mexico know what agreements there are, because states cannot have agreements on security directly. It has to happen. sarily by the Government. They can have cultural, scientific, agreements, in finish, on other issues. But in the case of security, it's a matter of national security," he sentenced.
The case generated controversy after the federal Government stated that it did not prior knowledge of the participation of US personnel in field work, which could contravene the National Security Law. EFE