President asserts sovereignty

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated that operations on Mexican soil are always carried out by Mexican forces, in her latest attempt to assuage concerns of US encroachment on Mexican sovereignty. The comments made at her daily press conference Thursday come after questions surrounding the case of a former Olympic snowboarder accused of drug trafficking, who was recently sent to the US to face charges. Sheinbaum and US Ambassador have insisted that Canadian Ryan Wedding, who was in hiding in Mexico, turned himself in at the US embassy last week, something his lawyer denies. That account was contradicted by FBI Director Kash Patel, who said the fugitive accused of moving drugs into the US was captured in a "high-risk" joint operation carried out and on the ground with Mexican forces.