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Four Killed, Including U.S. Embassy Trainers, in Chihuahua Highway Crash After Drug Lab Raid

Authorities are investigating a crash linked to a joint drug lab raid.

Overview

  • Four officials working on anti-cartel efforts died Sunday in a highway crash in Chihuahua after a raid on a clandestine drug lab.
  • Chihuahua’s attorney general identified the Mexican victims as AEI regional director Pedro Ramón Oseguera Cervantes and his bodyguard, Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes.
  • State officials said the team was returning from the municipality of Morelos, where they had dismantled a drug-processing site run by organized crime.
  • The U.S. Embassy said two of its instructors were taking part in an AEI training program tied to bilateral security cooperation.
  • U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson offered condolences and vowed to continue joint security work, while officials have not yet detailed the cause of the crash or released the U.S. instructors’ names.