By The Opinion
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, this Wednesday supported the ongoing investigation of the Unique Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic (FGR) about an anti-drug operation weeks ago in Chihuahua (north) in which American CIA agents allegedly participated.
“It is very important to know” if there was “interference” by “foreign agents” in the territory, “because this is not a matter of whether a government is working for the security of its people. The matter has to do with interference, with the presence of foreign agents or foreign citizens in security operations,” the president stressed in her daily press conference.
After the Public Ministry announced that it will call about fifty witnesses to find out if the Government of the state of Chihuahua violated the law in said operation, Sheinbaum reiterated that both the state authorities and any “foreign citizen” who works on security issues in “any of the agencies” of the United States must comply with the laws in Mexico.
“Every authority must respect the Constitution and the laws. Therefore, the investigation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office is very important in order to know how this collaboration occurs.“he insisted.
The Mexican president said that several questions must be resolved, such as the participants in the operation, who ordered it or why the federal government was not informed.
Therefore, He celebrated that the FGR “clarified it” and left it in the hands of the Public Ministry to conclude whether current legislation was violated.
“It is very important that the people of Mexico know what agreements there are, because states cannot have security agreements directly. It necessarily has to go through the Government. They can have cultural, scientific agreements, in short, on other topics. But in the case of security, it is a matter of national security“, he stated.
The case generated controversy after the federal government stated that it had no prior knowledge of the participation of US personnel in field work, which could contravene the National Security Law. EFE
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