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Four Die After Meth Lab Raids in Chihuahua, Including Two U.S. Embassy Trainers

The deaths underscore the risks of joint anti-cartel work during a return from destroying six meth labs found after a months-long probe.

Mexican authorities raided two methamphetamine labs in Chihuahua on Saturday. The next day, officials said that four personnel from Mexico and the US who participated in the operation died in a car accident.
U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 2, 2025.
The U.S. flag flies at half staff at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City February 16, 2011. Gunmen shot dead a U.S. customs and immigration agent and wounded another on Tuesday in Mexico, where violence between powerful drug cartels and security forces has surged. The two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were driving north on Mexico's main highway on official business when they were attacked in broad daylight. It was not immediately clear why they were targeted. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
The U.S. embassy in Mexico City on Nov. 5, 2024.

Overview

  • Officials said a returning convoy from the Morelos operation crashed off the Chihuahua–Ciudad Juárez highway early Sunday, leaving four dead.
  • Chihuahua’s State Investigation Agency director Pedro Ramón Oseguera Cervantes and officer Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes were among the victims.
  • State prosecutors said teams dismantled six clandestine synthetic drug labs on Friday and Saturday after a three-month investigation in the mountains.
  • The U.S. victims were embassy instructors embedded in a training program with Chihuahua authorities, and their names have not been released.
  • Authorities say the lead vehicle skidded into a ravine around 2 a.m., the cause remains under investigation, and both governments pledged continued cooperation.