Fact checkPoliticsPublished May 14, 2026
The claim
“President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected a media report that CIA operatives took part in deadly operations against cartels in Mexico.”
Sheinbaum responding to CNN and New York Times reports.
Our verdict
True
Sheinbaum called the CNN report a lie and the Times account 'a fiction the size of the universe'.
What we found
The CIA also denied CNN's report, which CNN stands by. We rate only whether Sheinbaum rejected it: she did.
The evidence
- Supports the claim
Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum denies reports of CIA operations against cartels. [1]
How we checked
We checked the claim against Al Jazeera. We reviewed 1 relevant source.
Sources
- [1]Al Jazeera · Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum denies reports of CIA operations against cartels
- [2]Photo: Bryan Berlin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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