Prosecutor's Office of Chihuahua confirms that there were foreigners in a convoy that carried out an anti-drug operation
Days before an anti-drug operation were seen foreign people identified as alleged CIA agents, who lived with local agents
The Chihuahua Prosecutor confirmed that days before an anti-drug operation, carried out between April 16 and 19 , were seen “four foreign persons”, identified as alleged CIA agents, who “lived” with local agents.
In a press conference, the head of the Specialized Unit of the State Attorney's Office (FGE), Wendy Chávez, assured that since April 16 “it is corroborated, based on new information, consisting of videos from of surveillance points”, that the convoy of the authorities that departed from the city of Chihuahua “were integrated into four unidentified people, dressed in civilian and without distinctive insignia of a corporation or any security agency”.
On April 19, two alleged agents linked to the United States Embassy and two officials from the State Investigative Agency (AEI) of Chihuahua died in a road accident, when they were returning from the operation against a drug laboratory.
Furthermore, said Chávez, “a pattern of coexistence and interaction in informal contexts has been found between said foreign persons, the director of the State Investigation Agency (AEI) and other members of the FGE.”
He also commented that these people, “did not wear a tactical uniform of the AEI nor official badges of said corporation.”
He explained that “no formal response has been received from the diplomatic and consular representation of the United States, as well as the National Institute of Migration, regarding presumed foreign persons.”
Similarly, he pointed out that there is no record that the authorities involved in the operation “had requested authorization or informed their superiors regarding the presence and incorporation of foreign persons into the convoy.”
On April 22, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that her government sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. to demand explanation ions for the participation of US agents in the operation, in a case that could involve a violation of national sovereignty.
The controversy grew when The Washington Post reported that the two Americans allegedly belonged to the CIA and had intelligently supported the anti-drug operation.
Sheinbaum stated then that several questions must be resolved, such as the participants in the operation, who ordered it or why the Mexican Government was not informed, and celebrated that the FGR “clarified” it and drawn conclusions as to whether the current legislation was violated.