Maria Eugenia Campos, governor from the National Action Party in Chihuahua, claimed on Wednesday she was being persecuted by Mexico’s ruling party over an incident involving two U.S. officials killed in April during a drug raid.
Campos appeared for questioning at the Mexican General Prosecutors office in Mexico City regarding the April 19 incident where two CIA agents were killed in a car crash while accompanying soldiers and state prosecutors in a raid of a drug lab in Chihuahua. Two Mexican investigators also died in the crash, identified as Pedro Román Oseguera Cervantes and Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes.
President Claudia Sheinbaum ordered an investigation into the operation, stating it may have violated national security laws preventing unauthorized foreign agents from operating inside Mexico. The U.S. Justice Department requested the arrest and extradition of 10 politicians from the ruling party, including Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha Moya, who they accused of protecting a cartel with the same name.
U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson expressed condolences on social media after the incident but provided few details about it. He stated that the tragedy is a reminder of the risks faced by those officials dedicated to protecting their communities.