Mexico confirms foreign minister in talks with U.S. over ex-defense secretary's arrest

Mexico confirmed on Wednesday that its top diplomat Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard spoke to U.S. Attorney General William Barr about the arrest of former Mexican defense minister and retired army general Salvador Cienfuegos on U.S. soil. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said during a regular government news conference that Ebrard is in talks with U.S. Attorney General William Barr and that a diplomatic memo had been sent.

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