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4 Killed in Chihuahua Crash After Meth Lab Raids, Including 2 U.S. Embassy Instructors

Mexico's president ordered a review of whether the state-led operation complied with federal authorization rules.

Mexican authorities raided two methamphetamine labs in Chihuahua on Saturday. The next day, officials said that four personnel from Mexico and the US who participated in the operation died in a car accident.
U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 2, 2025.
The U.S. flag flies at half staff at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City February 16, 2011. Gunmen shot dead a U.S. customs and immigration agent and wounded another on Tuesday in Mexico, where violence between powerful drug cartels and security forces has surged. The two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were driving north on Mexico's main highway on official business when they were attacked in broad daylight. It was not immediately clear why they were targeted. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
The U.S. embassy in Mexico City on Nov. 5, 2024.

Overview

  • The crash, which officials said happened early Sunday during a return convoy, killed AEI director Pedro Ramón Oseguera Cervantes, officer Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes, and two U.S. Embassy instructors.
  • The raids that preceded the crash dismantled six clandestine synthetic drug labs on Friday and Saturday after a three-month probe, and the state prosecutor called one site among the largest ever found in Mexico.
  • Preliminary findings said the lead vehicle skidded off a mountain road into a ravine and exploded, and investigators have not yet determined the definitive cause.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that federal security officials were not informed of the Chihuahua mission and she directed a legal review and consultations with the U.S. Embassy.
  • The U.S. has not released the Americans' names as the embassy offers condolences, and the incident is likely to sharpen scrutiny of how U.S. trainers operate with Mexican forces on the ground.