Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that Mexico will not accept U.S. law enforcement operations on its soil and asserted Wedding self-surrendered before being handed to U.S. authorities.
- FBI Director Kash Patel had publicly praised a joint effort, saying HRT teams worked with Mexican counterparts to apprehend Wedding in Mexico City.
- Mexico’s security chief Omar García Harfuch and U.S. Ambassador Ron Johnson each described the handover as a voluntary surrender at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.
- Wedding’s attorney, Anthony Colombo, disputes that narrative, saying his client was arrested by FBI agents and did not surrender.
- Wedding, a former Olympian and alleged cocaine trafficker tied to the Sinaloa cartel who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list, pleaded not guilty in California this week as the FBI declined to answer CNN’s questions about a surrender.