In late-March, a Sinaloa Cartel officer identified as Francisco Beltrán “N” alias "El Payin" was killed when his vehicle exploded just after arriving at Felipe Angeles International Airport just outside Mexico City. Last night, CNN reported that the killing was orchestrated and carried by C.I.A. officers in Mexico, a claim which the United States and Mexican governments rejected.
Citing anonymous sources, CNN reported that the killing is part of a new campaign against cartel members waged by C.I.A. officers operating in Mexico. The NYT ran a similar story today, claiming the C.I.A. planned the event, but did not execute the explosion.
The story has been denied by both the Mexican and United States' governments. After the story was published, C.I.A. spokesperson Liz Lyons tweeted: "This is false and salacious reporting that serves as nothing more than a PR campaign for the cartels and puts American lives at risk".
The denial has been even more vehement from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum administration, who stated the NYT report was a “fiction the size of the universe”.
The rejection of the story is expected from both the United States and Mexico. The United States has been open about C.I.A. involvement in providing intelligence to Mexican forces, but has of course never acknowledged any involvement on the ground. For President Sheinbaum, avoiding U.S. kinetic action in Mexico at bay is a central objective of her presidency.
In late April, two U.S. agents reported to be C.I.A, officers were killed along with two Mexican police officers in a car wreck in the northern state of Chihuahua while returning from the seizure of a clandestine drug lab. The revelation was inflammatory in Mexico, particularly to the federal government, who appeared to be blindsided by U.S. involvement on ground missions.
The rejection of the story is expected from both the United States and Mexico. The United States has been open about C.I.A. involvement in providing intelligence to Mexican forces, but has of course never acknowledged any involvement on the ground. For President Sheinbaum, avoiding U.S. kinetic action in Mexico at bay is a central objective of her presidency.
In late April, two U.S. agents reported to be C.I.A, officers were killed along with two Mexican police officers in a car wreck in the northern state of Chihuahua while returning from the seizure of a clandestine drug lab. The revelation was inflammatory in Mexico, particularly to the federal government, who appeared to be blindsided by U.S. involvement on ground missions.
I followed the original story by you and there had never been a convincing narrative, the closet one I saw was a grenade exploded accidently.
ReplyDeleteThis probably makes more sense to me, given the last few months. It’s hard to imagine CIA operatives or their assets getting close enough to guys like that to plant a IED but I don’t know.
To undermine those groups structures you cause chaos and paranoia. The whole thing has seemed off. Didn’t seem like a hit by the other side, why not just hit them in the car? Or take them for information?
I think the glimpse of the truth is in the Harfuch and Claudia denials, what they don’t offer is ANYTHING regarding an explanation for the Payin death. Nothing. A car exploded on a freeway and they don’t even have a counter narrative.
could be true but doesn't make any sense strategically to start bombing random civilians who happen to be mid level sinaloa. what are they hoping to achieve? if it's legit, where's the other examples, and why are we not targeting the higher ups.
Deleteit's plausible though this american administration has already demonstrated willingness to murder extrujudiciously. so it would be on brand.
I don’t believe it. You’re seriously telling me that the CIA decided to dedicate their time and focus on eliminating a low to mid operator like El Payin instead of focusing on the many other bigger targets that are currently hiding in Mexico like Ivan Archivaldo or Mayito Flaco. The Mexican military or even the Mexican police could have easily handled El Payin. What a waste of time and resources.
ReplyDeleteArchivaldo ordered the CIA to take out el Payin. Money talks and bullshit walks.
DeleteDefinitely not CIA, looks more like MX GOV and now blaming
ReplyDeleteGood. This is the plan to slowly bring down the pillars of corruption and trafficking. These covert ops help expose the crooks and ladder.
ReplyDeleteBOOM! Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteAyyyyyy qien me rompio el corazonnnnnn!! esa muchacha me rompio el corazon!!!! MANOS EN ALTOOOO!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was probably just CIA intel.
ReplyDeleteWord on the street is that our old friend 006 is back in Mexico along with some of his Basque friends...kaboom
ReplyDeleteAhora la CIA anda cazando halconcillos en MX con bombazos que se metan hasta Badiraguato a cazar los patas empanizadas del Churras y Guano si es lo que les gustan.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they did maybe they didn’t! But any imbecile, led by the nose brainwashed idiot who believes anything ANY mainstream media says should be summarily executed in public. That includes left wing, right wing, or any other fuckhead who is so pathetically mentally weak to believe ANYTHING cnn, MSNBC, New York Times, Washington Post, basically any other newspaper that’s in the city, Fox News, blue sky, and truth, social media.-Any of them
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