Overview
- Mexico's president publicly asked whether then‑ambassador Ken Salazar lied about U.S. non‑involvement in the transfer of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and the country's attorney general's office will formally seek documents from the FBI to answer that question.
- A report says the light aircraft used to move Zambada is now shown in an exhibition where the FBI presents it as part of an agency operation, a detail that prompted Mexico's new demand for records.
- Mexican officials warn that confirmed U.S. agency action without Mexico's coordination could raise legal and sovereignty issues under extradition treaties and Mexico's national security rules.
- In Spain, Judge Juan Carlos Peinado defended his decision to withdraw Begoña Gómez's passport and bar her travel, arguing past cases of leaders fleeing justify the precaution and saying he did not intend to insult her police escorts.
- Argentina's national celebrations for the World Cup produced widespread arrests and a fatal incident in Cañuelas where 46‑year‑old Franco De Pauli died of a head injury and a 20‑year‑old, Iván Nahuel Lebrero, was detained and accused of homicide as authorities await autopsy results.