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State Department Reviews All 53 Mexican Consulates After Deaths of Two CIA Officers in Mexico
The review, disclosed Thursday, comes amid heightened tensions following the deaths of two American CIA officers in a northern Mexico counter-narcotics operation last month. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has demanded explanations and requested evidence on U.S. charges against senior Mexican officials, including an extradition request for Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya.
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U.S. official told CBS News on Thursday. The review could lead Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider ordering the closure of some diplomatic offices.
Mexico maintains the largest foreign consular network in the United States. Its consular offices provide documentation and legal aid to millions of Mexican citizens living across the United States, with most concentrated in California, Texas and Arizona. The review comes as bilateral tensions build over security cooperation and cartel violence.
It follows the deaths of two American CIA officers last month after a counter-narcotics operation in northern Mexico. Two American officials died alongside two Mexican investigators after their vehicle crashed in a remote mountain region where authorities were targeting suspected drug laboratories, CBS News reported.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the American officers may not have had authorization from the federal government to operate in the country and publicly demanded explanations from the Trump administration.
U.S. announced drug trafficking and weapons charges against top Mexican political figures and issued multiple extradition requests, including one for Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya.
U.S. Justice Department regarding the allegations against Rocha and other senior officials, Sheinbaum said. Sheinbaum added that Mexico's Attorney General's Office would investigate if credible evidence was provided. Rocha denied the accusations, calling them false.
