Mexico says U.S. agents who died in the country roughly two weeks ago were not authorized to be operating there.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration says the agents, who were working with state officials in Chihuahua, did not have permission from Mexico’s federal government to be operating inside the country.
Sheinbaum says her government told the United States in a diplomatic note that they hope the participation of U.S. agents in the operation was “an exception.”
“We hope from this moment on, the rules of our Constitution and National Security Law will be followed,” Sheinbaum told reporters.
Mexico’s government has said the agents’ presence in Chihuahua may violate constitutional bans on foreign actors operating in Mexico.
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