Sheinbaum rejects allegations of CIA assassination outside Mexico City

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday fiercely rejected accusations from a CNN investigation alleging CIA operatives carried out a "targeted assassination" outside Mexico City in March. Sheinbaum slammed the story as "false" and "truly sensationalist."

Mexico's top security official and the CIA also dismissed the article as a fabrication. The investigation published Tuesday cited "multiple sources" who said the fiery March 28 explosion of a car carrying a mid-level operative with the Sinaloa Cartel on a highway outside Mexico City was a car bomb planted in a secretive CIA operation.