Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday denied reports that CIA operatives have carried out targeted killings of cartel members inside Mexico. The denials come as CNN reported this week that CIA officers have directly participated in assassinations of cartel members, including a car bombing on a busy highway outside Mexico City. This is Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

President Claudia Sheinbaum: ”CNN, which is supposedly an internationally respected media outlet, published a truly sensationalist report. And what was its aim? To say — just imagine — that CIA agents are operating on national territory, even to kill someone. Just imagine how big a fabricated lie a story like that is. It even surprised me, because even the CIA spokesperson came out and said it was false.”