{"id":66219,"date":"2026-04-19T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=66219"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:30:05","slug":"2-u-s-embassy-personnel-killed-in-crash-after-anti-drug-operation-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/2-u-s-embassy-personnel-killed-in-crash-after-anti-drug-operation-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"2 U.S. Embassy personnel killed in crash after anti-drug operation in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two U.S. Embassy personnel and a Mexican law enforcement official were among four people killed in a crash in northern Mexico while returning from an operation in which methamphetamine labs were seized, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crash happened early Sunday in Chihuahua state after the vehicle went off the road in a mountainous area near Guachochi, a community in Mexico\u2019s so-called Golden Triangle, a major drug-producing region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USAmbMex\/status\/2045966498921877809\">Ronald Johnson<\/a> said the dead included two U.S. Embassy personnel, who were not immediately identified, as well as the head of Chihuahua state\u2019s investigative police agency and another officer from the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chihuahua Prosecutor\u2019s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/fiscalia.chihuahua.gob.mx\/lamenta-fiscal-general-fallecimiento-del-personal-de-la-agencia-estatal-de-investigacion-en-accidente\/\">said<\/a> the two U.S. Embassy personnel were instructors taking part in training activities. 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