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Mexico charges former Chihuahua prosecutor with treason over US raid role
Federal prosecutors allege he let US agents join an April drug-lab raid without authorization; he denies the claims.
The short version
- Mexican federal prosecutors have charged former Chihuahua attorney general César Jáuregui Moreno with treason, alleging he let US agents join an April raid without the necessary authorization.[BBC News]
- The US role came to light after an April 19 crash in Chihuahua killed two US agents said to have worked for the CIA and two Mexican officers.[BBC News]
- Jáuregui denies instructing or consenting to US involvement, and his earlier public accounts of the Americans' role differ in reporting.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
Key facts
- Federal prosecutors charged former Chihuahua attorney general César Jáuregui Moreno with treason over alleged US agent participation in an April drug-lab raid.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
- Attorney General Ernestina Godoy Ramos said Jáuregui let foreign agents perform duties reserved for Mexican authorities and did not share information.[BBC News]
- Jáuregui served as Chihuahua's attorney general from 2023 until this year.[BBC News]
- Two US agents said to have worked for the CIA died in an April 19 crash in Chihuahua, along with two Mexican law enforcement officers.[BBC News]
- Jáuregui has denied instructing or consenting to US involvement in the operation.[BBC News]
- In an April 20 news release, Jáuregui ruled out foreign personnel in state drug operations, citing US instructors at a nearby drone training session.[Al Jazeera]
- At the time of the crash, Jáuregui described the Americans as US embassy instructor officers doing training work.[BBC News]
What remains uncertain
- Jáuregui's earlier public accounts of the Americans' role appear to differ, and the reports do not reconcile them.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
- The treason charge is at an early stage and Jáuregui denies the allegations, so the outcome is unknown.[BBC News]
- The CIA affiliation of the two US agents is attributed to reports and has not been confirmed by officials.[BBC News]
Sources
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