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Mexico Investigates CIA Agents' Role in Fatal Operation

4/23/2026

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Mexican authorities scrutinize the involvement of two CIA agents in a northern Mexico counternarcotics operation.
Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, emphasizes sovereignty and denies knowledge of U.S. operations.
Contradictory statements followed a car crash that killed the two CIA agents and local investigators.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defends U.S. drug-control efforts and urges acknowledgment of American deaths.

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Mexican authorities scrutinize the involvement of two CIA agents in a northern Mexico counternarcotics operation.
Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, emphasizes sovereignty and denies knowledge of U.S. operations.
Contradictory statements followed a car crash that killed the two CIA agents and local investigators.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defends U.S. drug-control efforts and urges acknowledgment of American deaths.