Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum says there’s no agreement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Hours after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced “a major new initiative” for United States and Mexico collaboration targeting gatekeepers who control illicit trafficking routes across the countries’ shared borders, Mexico’s president said Tuesday there was no such agreement.
President Claudia Sheinbaum was referring to “Project Portero,” an effort announced Monday by the DEA, calling it a « flagship operation” against smuggling routes that move drugs, guns and money across the border.
“The DEA put out a statement yesterday saying that there is an agreement with the Mexican government for an operation called Portero,” Sheinbaum said during her morning news briefing. “There is no agreement with the DEA. The DEA puts out this statement, based on what we don’t know. We have not reached any agreement, none of the security institutions (have) with the DEA.
