El Salvador recalls ambassador to Mexico after drug trafficking claims


FILE PHOTO: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a news conference at The Presidential House, in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Wednesday he was recalling his country's ambassador to Mexico for consultations after its security minister claimed a drug trafficking plane had come from the Central American nation, which Bukele denied.

In a post on X, Bukele said Mexico needed to clarify and rectify Tuesday's comments by the minister, Omar Garcia Harfuch, that the plane flown by drug traffickers had come from El Salvador before it was intercepted in the Mexican state of Colima.

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