2026-04-21T14:38:35.287Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
墨西哥车祸中丧生的美国官员为中情局雇员，事发前参与缉毒突袭行动
作者：娜塔莎·伯特兰、吉姆·Sciutto
更新于9分钟前
2026年4月21日，美国东部时间上午11:54更新
发布于2026年4月21日，美国东部时间上午10:38
2026年4月18日发布的这张由奇瓦瓦州总检察长办公室提供的官方照片显示了墨西哥奇瓦瓦州瓜乔奇附近山区行动中，墨西哥当局查获的一处疑似秘密甲基苯丙胺加工实验室。
奇瓦瓦州总检察长办公室/路透社
三名了解事件内情的人士向CNN证实，周日在墨西哥车祸中丧生的两名美国使馆官员为中情局雇员，他们当时正与墨西哥官员合作，在墨西哥境内开展扩大化的缉毒行动。
另有两名奇瓦瓦州国家调查局（AEI）的墨西哥官员也在此次车祸中遇难。初步报告显示，这两名中情局官员与墨西哥官员在莫雷洛斯市完成缉毒突袭后，在奇瓦瓦州至华雷斯城的高速公路上发生车祸。
其中一位知情人士表示，事故的具体情况仍在调查中。
中情局拒绝置评。
《华盛顿邮报》最先报道了这些官员为中情局雇员的消息。
墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·欣鲍姆周一表示，墨西哥政府“此前并不清楚奇瓦瓦州与美国驻墨西哥使馆人员之间存在任何直接合作”。
“两国关系是联邦层面的，而非州级，”她说道，“此类合作必须获得联邦政府的授权，而根据宪法规定，合作必然会在州一级层面展开。”
美国驻墨西哥大使周日在X平台上发文称：“我们对两名美国使馆人员、奇瓦瓦州国家调查局局长以及一名该局官员在此次事故中不幸遇难深感悲痛。”
他补充道：“这场悲剧郑重提醒我们，那些致力于保护我们社区的墨西哥和美国官员所面临的风险。”
在局长约翰·拉特克利夫的领导下，中情局在墨西哥的行动已大幅扩张，而特朗普政府也广泛致力于将一系列反恐权限和资源转移至美墨边境及墨西哥境内的反 cartel 行动中。
CNN此前曾报道，中情局已于去年开始秘密派遣MQ-9“死神”无人机飞越墨西哥上空，以监视贩毒 cartel，同时还对其在墨西哥境内对贩毒 cartel 使用致命武力的权限进行了审查。
该机构去年曾向CNN表示：“作为特朗普政府为终结贩毒带来的严重威胁所做整体努力的一部分，打击墨西哥及该地区的贩毒 cartel 是中情局的一项优先任务。拉特克利夫局长决心将中情局的独特专长投入到应对这一多重挑战之中。”
CNN记者扎卡里·科恩亦有报道贡献。
US officials killed in Mexico car crash following drug raid worked for the CIA, sources say
2026-04-21T14:38:35.287Z / CNN
US officials killed in Mexico car crash following drug raid worked for the CIA, sources say
By Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto
Updated 9 min ago
Updated Apr 21, 2026, 11:54 AM ET
PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2026, 10:38 AM ET
A suspected clandestine methamphetamine processing lab, according to the Attorney General’s Office of Chihuahua, discovered during an operation by Mexican authorities in a mountainous area near Guachochi, in Chihuahua state, Mexico, in this handout photo distributed on April 18, 2026.
Attorney General’s Office of Chihuahua/Reuters
The two US embassy officials who died in a car accident in Mexico on Sunday worked for the CIA and had been collaborating with Mexican officials on expanded counternarcotics operations in the country, three people briefed on the matter confirmed to CNN.
Two Mexican officials who were part of Chihuahua’s State Investigation Agency (AEI) were also killed in the accident. The CIA officers and the Mexican officials were returning from a drug raid in the municipality of Morelos when their car crashed on the Chihuahua–Ciudad Juárez highway, according to initial reports.
The circumstances of the accident are still under investigation, said one of the people briefed.
The CIA declined to comment.
The Washington Post was first to report they worked for the CIA.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her government had been “unaware of any direct collaboration between the state of Chihuahua and personnel from the US Embassy in Mexico.”
“The relationship is federal, not state,” she said. “They must have authorization from the federal government for this collaboration, which necessarily takes place at the state level, as established by the Constitution.”
The US Ambassador to Mexico posted on X on Sunday that “we are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two U.S. Embassy personnel, the Director of Chihuahua’s State Investigation Agency (AEI), and an AEI officer in this accident.”
He added that “this tragedy is a solemn reminder of the risks faced by those Mexican and U.S. officials who are dedicated to protecting our communities.”
The CIA has significantly expanded its operations in Mexico under Director John Ratcliffe, and the Trump administration has broadly worked to shift a wide range of counterterrorism authorities and resources to counter-cartel work along the US-Mexico border and inside Mexico itself.
The CIA began covertly flying MQ-9 Reaper drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels last year and also undertook a review of its authorities to use lethal force against drug cartels in the country, CNN has reported.
The agency told CNN last year that “countering drug cartels in Mexico and regionally is a priority for CIA as a part of the Trump Administration’s broader efforts to end the grave threat from narco-trafficking. Director Ratcliffe is determined to put CIA’s unique expertise to work against this multifaceted challenge.”
CNN’s Zachary Cohen contributed reporting.
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