Mexico asserts sovereignty after unauthorized CIA operation

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President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the daily morning briefing at Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, May 6, 2026. /VCG

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday reaffirmed that national sovereignty cannot be negotiated and that state governments cannot authorize foreign security operations.

Sheinbaum made the remarks in response to a case in the northern state of Chihuahua, where unauthorized US CIA agents participated in an anti-drug operation last month and died in a road accident. Mexico's attorney general is investigating under what authority the agents were operating and who gave the instructions.

"This is about interference – the presence of foreign agents in security operations," she said.

The incident coincides with a US extradition request for Ruben Rocha, Sinaloa's governor on leave, accused of drug and arms trafficking.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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