The assassination of Francisco Beltran, an alleged cartel operative, on a Mexican freeway in March was facilitated by American CIA officers. According to a number of sources, it was half of an expanded and beforehand unreported CIA operation contained in the nation. The CIA declined to remark when first knowledgeable of NCS’s reporting, however then referred to as it a “PR stunt” for the cartel after it revealed. NCS’s Natasha Bertrand reviews.