Documents declassified by the Trump administration in 2025 evidenced ties between the Mexican government and the CIA during the Cold War
The Mexican government, meanwhile, has avoided making an official statement about the revelations.
However, various sectors have demanded that an investigation be opened to clarify to what extent the Mexican governments of the time allowed foreign interference in national security matters.
The declassification of these documents confirms what has been suspected for decades. Mexico was a strategic ally of the CIA during the Cold War.
These revelations compel a review of the country's recent history and raise questions about the degree of autonomy that Mexican governments have had in the face of foreign intelligence agencies.
The publication of these files also highlights the importance of transparency and access to information in order to understand the past and avoid the repetition of practices that compromise national sovereignty.
In September 1963, two months before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald traveled to Mexico City.
During his stay, from September 27 to October 2, Oswald sought to obtain visas to enter Cuba and the Soviet Union, visiting the embassies of both countries.
These efforts were unsuccessful, as consular authorities denied him the requested visas. According to recently declassified documents, Oswald met at the Soviet embassy with Valeriy Kostikov, a high-ranking KGB agent.
This meeting has been the subject of numerous speculations and conspiracy theories, suggesting possible links between Oswald and foreign intelligence agencies.
During his stay in Mexico City, Oswald stayed at the Hotel Comercio, a modest establishment in the city center. In addition to his visits to the embassies, it has been documented that Oswald maintained contact with Silvia Tirado Bazán de Durán, secretary of the Cuban ambassador in Mexico. The exact nature of their relationship remains a subject of debate among historians.
The recent declassification of documents by President Donald Trump's administration has brought to light details about the collaboration between the Mexican government and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
All this, during the 1960s and 1970s. These files, related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, reveal Mexico's involvement in espionage and counterinsurgency operations in the context of the Cold War.
The declassified documents indicate that the CIA maintained a close collaboration with the governments of Mexican Presidents Adolfo López Mateos and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.
This cooperation included espionage activities targeting political opponents and foreign diplomats on Mexican soil.
The information suggests that Mexico was a key piece in the U.S. agency's espionage network during that period.
Additionally, it has been revealed that the CIA had operations in most South American capitals, including Bogotá, where it maintained a secret base.
These revelations highlight the breadth of U.S. intelligence operations in Latin America during the Cold War.
The declassification of these documents has caused various reactions in both countries. In Mexico, historians and political analysts have expressed the need to review and analyze this information to better understand the country's role in the geopolitical dynamics of the era.
Meanwhile, in the United States, the publication of these files has sparked a debate about the extent of the CIA's intervention in Latin America, as well as its influence on the region's governments.
