President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that her administration had no prior knowledge of Chihuahua state's collaboration with US agents in a drug lab operation that preceded the deaths of two US Embassy personnel and two Mexican officials in a car crash in Chihuahua.
The crash occurred on April 19 on the road from Morelos to Guachochi, shortly after a joint operation dismantled methamphetamine labs in the area, as detailed in prior coverage.
During her morning conference on April 20, Sheinbaum said: “We were not aware, it was the Chihuahua government's decision. We are requesting more information from the Chihuahua government.” She expressed condolences to the victims' families, including those of AEI head Pedro Román Oseguera Cervantes, AEI agent Manuel Genaro Méndez, and the two unnamed US agents.
The Security Cabinet had contacted US Ambassador Ronald Johnson the previous day. Sheinbaum noted that initial reports from the prosecutor's office were incorrect regarding federal involvement, and investigations would examine any violations of Mexico's non-intervention policy.
