Mexican governor accuses ruling party of political persecution

The governor of Mexico's Chihuahua state, María Eugenia Campos, has declared that the ruling party is politically persecuting her. This accusation arises from an incident in April where two alleged U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents died during an unauthorized anti-drug operation within her state.

Campos, a member of the opposition National Action Party (PAN), attended a further hearing and stated outside the prosecutor's office that she is being persecuted by the state. The April incident involved the deaths of two individuals, reportedly CIA officers, in a traffic accident while they were accompanying soldiers and federal prosecutors during an unannounced raid on a drug laboratory in Chihuahua.

Following the incident, President Claudia Sheinbaum ordered an investigation into the operation. She indicated that violations of national security laws, which prohibit unauthorized foreign agents from operating on Mexican territory, may have occurred. The president also noted that such operations are the exclusive responsibility of the federal government and that the CIA agents did not report their activities in accordance with security agreements between the U.S. and Mexico.