CIA Director Ratcliffe Expands Drug War in Mexico While Rejecting Netanyahu's Iran Regime Change Plan

John Ratcliffe serves as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency under President Trump. Recent reports highlight aggressive CIA actions in counternarcotics operations in Mexico. The Washington Post reveals that two United States embassy instructors killed on April 19 when their vehicle fell down a mountain ravine in Chihuahua state were actually CIA officers. According to the Washington Post, under Director Ratcliffe, the agency has expanded its role in fighting drugs, one of President Trumps top priorities. The CIA now shares more intelligence with Mexican antidrug units, trains local counternarcotics teams, and flies unarmed drones over Mexico to track cartel leaders and find illegal drug labs.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded by considering sanctions against Chihuahuas government, stating that any security work with the United States must be approved by Mexicos federal government.On foreign policy, Cyprus Mail reports that in February, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met President Trump in the White House Situation Room to push a plan against Iran, including assassinating the supreme leader and installing a new government. Director Ratcliffe dismissed those regime change ideas as farcical. Emptywheel notes a recent White House meeting on Iran risks included Ratcliffe, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.These developments show Ratcliffes focus on bold intelligence operations amid tense international talks.Thank you for tuning in, listeners. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.For more http://www.quietplease.aiGet the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOtaThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.