U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working for the CIA, Sources Say ^46.1%

The Intercept - By Nick Turse - 4/21/2026, 5:26 PM

Negativity Bias 31.6% - Appeal to Authority 27.9% - Biased Writer Voice 16.8%

Two U.S. officials who died in Mexico on Sunday worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told The Intercept. They are among the first known fatalities of President Donald Trump’s expanding drug war in Latin America. The American personnel died in a vehicular crash in the mountains of the Sierra de Chihuahua following a... more