Mexico’s president says her government will consider sanctions on the Mexican state of Chihuahua after the deaths of two U.S. agents there.
The two U.S. agents killed in the Mexican border state worked for the CIA, according to the Associated Press.
Chihuahua state officials say the U.S. agents and two state investigators were killed in a car accident on the way back from a mission to destroy covert drug laboratories.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum maintains that her administration was not aware CIA agents were working with Chihuahua state authorities — and their involvement there could violate Mexico’s constitution.
“We don’t accept [U.S.] operatives participating in the field [in Mexico],” Sheinbaum said.
Responding to questions at a press conference, Sheinbaum denied that the agents’ presence in Mexico signals a deliberate Trump administration strategy against drug cartels.
