The FBI displaying the plane used to capture Elplane Mayo Zambada at a New Mexico museum blows up former Ambassador Ken Salazar's claim that no U.S.US agency was involved — someone clearly lied, and Mexico has two years of unanswered requests to Mexicoprove it. If U.S. agencies ran this operation without Mexican consent, that's a directtreaty violation of international treaties and the Mexican Constitution. Cutting deals with one cartel figuresfigure like Joaquin Guzman Lopez to bag aanother, biggerthen targetdenying isit exactlyfor thetwo kindyears, ofisn't sovereignty-shreddingcooperation. moveIt Mexicomakes hasgenuine everybilateral rightsecurity to demand answers aboutimpossible.
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There is a 20% chance that the U.S. will deploy military forces in Mexico without the cooperation of the Mexican government before 2029, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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