Mexico Says Dead US Agents Had No Permission to Raid Drug Lab

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Mexico Says Dead US Agents Had No Permission to Raid Drug Lab

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Two US agents who died after an operation to dismantle a suspected Mexican narcotics laboratory had no permission to be carrying out operations of this kind, according to the nation’s security cabinet. This cluster currently includes 3 articles from 3 sources.

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Mexico Says Dead US Agents Had No Permission to Raid Drug Lab
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Lean Left
4/25/2026

Mexico Says Dead US Agents Had No Permission to Raid Drug Lab

Two US agents who died after an operation to dismantle a suspected Mexican narcotics laboratory had no permission to be carrying out operations of this kind, according to the nation’s security cabinet.

CIA agents reported killed in Mexico were not authorised to operate: Gov’t
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Lean Left
4/25/2026

Reported US CIA agents killed in crash not authorised to operate: Mexico

The Mexican government has said two federal agents from the United States killed in a car crash in connection with an anti-narcotics raid – widely reported to be CIA officers – were not authorised to operate on Mexican territory. Mexico’s security cabinet said in a statement on Saturday that one of the US citizens had.

A suspected clandestine methamphetamine processing lab, according to the Attorney General's Office of Chihuahua, discovered during an operation by Mexican authorities in a mountainous area near Guachochi, in Chihuahua state, Mexico, in this handout photo distributed on April 18, 2026.
BBC News
BBC News
Lean Left
4/25/2026

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

The Mexican government says two US agents who died last weekend in a car crash had not been authorised 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.