Mexican President Promises Investigation, Possible Sanctions Following Deaths Of CIA Agents In Northern Mexico
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... Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she might take action against the local government of Chihuahua following the deaths of two CIA agents who were involved in an operation to destroy drug laboratories Sunday.

The deaths of the men and how much they were involved in the operation has sparked concerns about U.S. security activities in Mexico and whether the country's sovereignty was violated. Sheinbaum said that Mexico's federal government was not informed of the operation, something that goes against the law.

There cannot be agents from any U.S. government institution operating in the Mexican field," Sheinbaum said Wednesday, according to CBS News.

The two men died in a vehicle crash on Sunday following the operation along with two Mexican law enforcement officials. A press release from the Chihuahua Attorney General's office noted that "two instructor officers from the United States Embassy...died in an accident while returning from the operation to destroy clandestine laboratories in the municipality of Morelos."

The release further states that the two U.S. men were "two instructor officers from the United States Embassy, who were carrying out training work as part of the exchange that is generally and normally carried out with the American authorities."

Multiple media reports this week have identified the men as CIA agents.

Chihuahua authorities eventually rejected any notion that the men had participated in the operation directly, saying they were several hours away at the time it happened and were conducting training operations. ...