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BumRushDaShow

(171,101 posts)
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 03:26 AM Yesterday

Mexico Says 2 US Federal Agents Who Died Were Not Authorized to Participate in Any Local Operation

Source: US News & World Report/AP

April 25, 2026, at 3:54 p.m.


MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country’s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico.

The role of the two CIA agents who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua remains unclear.

Local government officials have said they were part of a convoy when their car drove off a ravine last weekend and the vehicle exploded. Two Mexican officers also were killed.

The Americans killed were from the CIA, The Associated Press confirmed earlier this week with a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters. The CIA has declined to comment.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-04-25/mexico-says-2-us-federal-agents-who-died-were-not-authorized-to-participate-in-any-local-operation

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Mexico Says 2 US Federal Agents Who Died Were Not Authorized to Participate in Any Local Operation (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Really? Roy Rolling 23 hrs ago #1
It's called 'justification'. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #2
Their car just drove off a ravine? yardwork 18 hrs ago #3
Couple less international thugs as far as I can tell. travelingthrulife 18 hrs ago #4
The CIA usually works without local authorization. Martin68 17 hrs ago #5
Very covert of them Bayard 16 hrs ago #6
Rarely mentioned in the news popsdenver 16 hrs ago #7
Hot doggers? Wonder Why 11 hrs ago #8

Roy Rolling

(7,669 posts)
1. Really?
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:05 AM
23 hrs ago
a convoy when their car drove off a ravine last weekend and the vehicle exploded.

Exploded? From what? This is real life, not cartoon life.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,358 posts)
2. It's called 'justification'.
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 08:49 AM
20 hrs ago

And, they really think that we are just going to accept that we need to invade Mexico based on ridiculous stuff like this.

Because that is what this is all about.

He really needs that distracting war/police action/assassination attempt/whatever it is. He may be brain dead, but his cronies can see the writing on the wall.

Be ready for a declaration to keep him in office once this starts.

popsdenver

(2,457 posts)
7. Rarely mentioned in the news
Sun Apr 26, 2026, 12:24 PM
16 hrs ago

That U.S. Military has special forces troops on the ground in Equador, helping out the Trumphumping dictator down there....

I told my teenage son, so many years ago, that we probably know less than One Thousandth of what is truly going on......LOL
He snapped back: "Yea, and we probably don't want to know"......

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