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U.S. and Mexican Officials Deny CIA Role in Mexico Cartel Assassination
U.S. and Mexican officials denied a CNN report that the CIA played a lethal role in the assassination of a cartel member inside Mexico earlier this year. The officials stated the CIA was not involved in any such operation. The denials follow the publication of the CNN report.
May 13, 1:47 PM·1m read1 source
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U.S. and Mexican officials denied a CNN report that said the CIA had been involved in the assassination of a cartel member inside Mexico earlier this year. The officials stated that the CIA had no lethal role in any operation related to the killing.
They described the CNN report as inaccurate. The denials were issued after CNN published its account of the events. The report had alleged CIA involvement in the assassination of the cartel member.
Background on the Operation The assassination took place inside Mexico earlier this year. It targeted a member of a cartel operating in the country. Mexican officials have maintained that their forces conducted the operation without CIA participation in lethal actions.
U.S. officials separately confirmed that position. The two governments have cooperated on counternarcotics efforts for years. Cartels active in Mexico have been responsible for trafficking drugs into the United States.
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