MEXICO CITY, Mexico – President Claudia Sheinbaum denied the Drug Enforcement Agency’s claim that the United States and Mexico reached an agreement and are launching a joint initiative to combat drug smuggling.

The DEA announced the initiative, called Project Portero, in a news release on Monday.

“To advance this effort, DEA has launched a multi-week training and collaboration program at one of its intelligence centers on the Southwest Border,” the release said. “The program brings together Mexican investigators with U.S. law enforcement, prosecutors, defense officials, and members of the intelligence community.

Sheinbaum did not contest the existence of the workshop, but said in a press conference that it was attended by just four members of Mexico’s police force.

She stated that no a

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