Two CIA officers were killed in Mexico in a fiery car crash following a meeting discussing a raid on the ‘largest ever drug lab’, reports say.
The officers, who have not been named, were killed in the crash on Sunday in the state of Chihuahua along with two Mexican officials.
Mexican officials said the car swerved off the road and exploded when it fell down a ravine.
The Americans were initially identified as US embassy officials, however sources told the Washington Post that they worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.
They reportedly worked with the agency as part of an expanded US role in battling drug trafficking over the border, the outlet reported.
The crash unfolded as the four victims were returning from a meeting with Mexican officials to discuss a raid on a huge drug lab in a remote area of Chihuahua, near to the US-Mexico border.
Chihuahua’s attorney general, César Jáuregui Moreno, described the drug lab as ‘perhaps one of the largest ever located’, and told Mexico’s El Universal newspaper that the Americans did not directly participate in the raid.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum launched an investigation into the crash, vowing to uncover if the CIA involvement violated national security laws.
Two CIA officers were killed in Mexico in a fiery car crash in the state of Chihuahua on Sunday, reports say. A stock image of Chihuahua, near the US-Mexico border, is pictured
This is a developing story and will be updated as information is confirmed.
