Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday her government sent a diplomatic note telling Washington the unauthorized presence at the Chihuahua anti‑drug operation must not happen again.
- Mexico’s security ministry says the two Americans had no accreditation to join operations, and immigration records show one entered as a visitor and the other on a diplomatic passport, consistent with a law that bars foreign agents from field work without federal approval.
- The convoy crash on April 19, as the group returned from a drug‑lab raid in the mountains, killed two U.S. Embassy employees and two Mexican investigators, with AP reporting the Americans were CIA officers.
- U.S. officials have called the victims embassy personnel without naming an agency, while Mexican and local accounts have shifted between describing training activity and direct help destroying clandestine labs.
- Sheinbaum ruled out a conflict with the U.S. and asked authorities to clarify the case, with Mexico’s attorney general set to take statements from Chihuahua’s governor and state prosecutor.