Mexico says US agents killed in crash weren't permitted to operate there

4/25/2026, 5:40:51 PM en source ↗

Summary

Mexico's government stated that two American agents who died in a car crash were not authorized to operate on Mexican territory. The men, reportedly CIA employees, died during a Mexican-led operation to dismantle a drug laboratory, raising sensitive questions about US intelligence activity in Mexico.

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The two Americans who reportedly worked for the CIA died in a car crash after a Mexican-led operation to destroy a drug lab.