Two U.S. Officials Killed in Mexico Identified as CIA Officers
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The two U.S. officials who were killed in a car crash in Mexico were working for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to reports.
The American officials died in the state of Chihuahua on Sunday as they were returning from a mission led by Mexican forces to destroy a remote methamphetamine lab in the state of Morelos, according to Mexican authorities.
They were operating with the CIA, two people familiar with the matter told https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/21/cia-mexico-accident-counter-narcotics/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/21/cia-mexico-accident-counter-narcotics/">The Washington Post.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-us-officials-killed-in-mexico-identified-as-cia-officers/">Read more at The Daily Beast.
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