{"id":1501059,"date":"2026-04-26T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1501059"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:15:41","slug":"mexico-says-2-us-federal-agents-who-died-were-not-authorized-to-participate-in-any-local-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1501059","title":{"rendered":"Mexico says two US federal agents who died were not authorized to participate in any local operation"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Mexico\u2019s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash<\/a> in the country\u2019s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico.<\/p>\n

The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear.<\/p>\n

Local government officials have said they were part of a convoy when their car drove off a ravine last weekend and the vehicle exploded. Two Mexican officers also were killed.<\/p>\n

The Americans killed were from the CIA, The Associated Press confirmed earlier this week with a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters.<\/p>\n

The CIA has declined to comment.<\/p>\n

A statement from Mexico\u2019s Ministry of Security said one U.S. agent entered Mexico as a visitor while the other entered with a diplomatic passport.<\/p>\n

It also asserted that Mexico\u2019s government was not aware of foreign agents operating or planning to participate in an operation on its soil.<\/p>\n

The ministry said it is reviewing the case with local authorities and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cMexican law is clear: it does not permit the participation of foreign agents in operations within the national territory,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It added: \u201cThe Government of Mexico<\/a> reiterates its willingness to maintain a close, serious, and respectful relationship with the Government of the United States for the benefit of the security of both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials from both countries have offered contradictory accounts<\/a> on the issue, with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum admitting on Wednesday that federal forces were involved after Mexico\u2019s government said it had no knowledge of any operation or U.S. involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Mexico\u2019s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country\u2019s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of … Continue reading Mexico says two US federal agents who died were not authorized to participate in any local operation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2851],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-news-archive"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 14:48:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1501059"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501969,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501059\/revisions\/1501969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1501059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1501059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1501059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}