"We are requesting information but there is none, Sheinbaum said during her morning press conference on Wednesday."
"We learned of this, just like you, via [the Department of Homeland Security's] publication."
"The DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, later doubled down on the claims, posting on social media that Trump has been so effective in dismantling cartel operations in the US, that cartel members in the US are now placing bounties on the heads of our agents."
"According to the DHS, Mexican cartels have offered targeted bounties of $2,000 to reveal agents' identities, between $5,000 and $10,000 to kidnap Ice officers and up to $50,000 for the assassination of high-ranking officials."
Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum said her government has no information corroborating Department of Homeland Security claims that Mexican cartels offered bounties on US immigration officials. Sheinbaum said Mexican authorities learned of the allegations via a DHS publication and have requested information but currently have none. The DHS alleged coordination between Mexican crime factions and US-based gangs to target agency officials and provided alleged bounty amounts. DHS secretary Kristi Noem reiterated the claims on social media. Organized crime experts, a former Sinaloa trafficker and former DEA agents expressed skepticism, calling centralized cartel-directed bounties unlikely and risky for cartels.
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