Recently declassified documents suggest former Mexican president was a CIA asset

Recently declassified documents published by US National Archives reveal that former Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo, who served as country's leer from 1976 to 1982, was allegedly an asset of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). documents, which were part of a CIA probe into assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, include a memo from a meeting of CIA agents on November 29, 1976. 

According to  declassified documents published by US National Archives, US intelligence official Bill Sturbitts reportedly informed his colleagues during a meeting that "Mexico will soon have a new president, a man who has h control of Liaison for a number of years". Although former Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo was not explicitly mentioned by name in memo, timing of meeting just a few days before he assumed presidency suggests a potential connection.

Portillo passed away in 2004

Lopez Portillo, who ran for office earlier that year as sole candidate from Institutional Revolutionary Party, which h ruled Mexico for over seven deces from 1929 to 2000, passed away in 2004 at age of 83. revelation from declassified documents raises questions about alleged relationship between US intelligence community and Lopez Portillo's rise to power, shedding new light on complexities of Mexican politics during that era.

memo in question pertained to a meeting focused on anticipated release of papers from CIA's investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald, who was convicted for murder of President John F. Kennedy. Oswald h visited Mexico shortly before tragic events that unfolded in Dallas, and as a result, US intelligence conducted extensive surveillance and phone-tapping operations in country.

According to authorities, it was concluded that Oswald, a Marine veteran, fired shots at president from a sixth-floor window in a nearby building as presidential motorce passed by. However, Oswald denied accusations, publicly claiming to be a "patsy." Just two days after JFK's assassination, Oswald was shot and killed while in police custody by Jack Ruby. Ruby, who was subsequently sentenced to death, ultimately died of lung cancer while in prison.