El Salvador Recalls Ambassador to Mexico Over Drug Plane Allegations

President Nayib Bukele said accusations by Mexico’s security minister that a plane carrying drugs departed from its territory were false.
El Salvador Recalls Ambassador to Mexico Over Drug Plane Allegations
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks during a news conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Feb. 4, 2024. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on July 9 that he was recalling El Salvador’s ambassador to Mexico for consultations after Mexico’s security chief claimed that a plane allegedly carrying cocaine had originated in El Salvador.

In a social media post, Bukele called the accusation false and urged Mexico to clarify and correct comments by Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch, who said during a press conference that the July 3 flight had come from El Salvador before it was intercepted in Colima, Mexico.
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