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

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

Mexico's government announced that two U.S. federal agents, confirmed to be from the CIA, were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The agents died in a car crash after a Mexican-led operation to destroy a drug lab in Chihuahua.

Mexico's government stated that two U.S. federal agents killed in a car crash were not authorized to operate on Mexican territory. The agents, reportedly linked to the CIA, had participated in a raid targeting suspected drug laboratories before their vehicle veered off a mountainous road and exploded on April 19.

Mexico's government confirmed that two CIA agents killed in a car crash in Chihuahua were unauthorized to participate in operations on Mexican soil. Mexican law prohibits foreign agents from operating within the country without prior approval.

Mexico's security cabinet stated that two U.S. agents who died after an operation to dismantle a suspected Mexican narcotics laboratory had no permission to be carrying out operations of this kind. One of the pair entered Mexico on a visitor’s visa, while the other had diplomatic status.

The Mexican government stated that two U.S. agents who died last weekend in a car crash had not been authorized to operate in the country. The officials, who reportedly worked for the CIA, had taken part in a raid on suspected drug labs in the northern state of Chihuahua before their vehicle skidded off a mountain road and exploded.