U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson announced the deaths of the officials as “two members of staff from the United States Embassy,” but U.S. officials later identified them to the New York Times and the Washington Post as members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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“The relationship is federal, not state,” she said. “They must have authorization from the federal government for this collaboration, which necessarily takes place at the state level, as established by the Constitution.”
As he did with Maduro before that operation, President Donald Trump has pressured Sheinbaum and her government to crack down on cartels in order to stop the flow of illicit drugs into the U.S., raising the prospect of military action if she fails to do so to his satisfaction.
What is behind Sheinbaum’s reaction?
According to Duncan Wood, a fellow at the Wilson Center, Sheinbaum’s response is much more about internal “political theater” and her left-wing Morena party than about Donald Trump.
“Any Mexican leader is naturally going to express concern and also surprise when U.S. operatives are discovered in Mexico, even though the fact is they know that this happens all the time,” Wood says. “And the reason why they express concern and surprise is because of the deeply held nationalist feelings in Mexico—as you'd find in many countries— about operatives being active there.”
“I think that when Sheinbaum comes out and says these things, she's also thinking very much about how she is able to show that she's in charge—not anybody else, and the United States isn't pushing her,” he added. “She really does have to push back for domestic political reasons.”
"She gets applauded for handling her relationship with Trump, but you've also seen significant concessions from Mexico on the security relationship to the U.S," she tells TIME. "The Mexican government is running out of deliverables for the U.S," she adds.
“The easiest solution would have been just to say, ‘Well, this was just a training mission,’ but she chose to make a much bigger deal out of it for domestic political reasons, and potentially as a bargaining chip with the U.S.,” she says.
He also said that state prosecutors had been working with Mexico’s federal army for months on a joint investigation into drug labs in Morelos.
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