Mexico probes possible CIA link after US officials die in Chihuahua raid

Two U.S. embassy officials died in a car crash after a raid on a drug-lab operation in Chihuahua, prompting a Mexican investigation into whether a joint operation occurred and if constitutional requirements were met. President Sheinbaum said the federal government wasn’t notified and that any joint action would need approval; Chihuahua’s attorney general later said U.S. instructors did not participate directly, arriving only for training after the raid. The U.S. embassy has acknowledged the deaths but not confirmed CIA involvement, highlighting delicate questions about U.S.–Mexico security cooperation.