{"id":337171,"date":"2026-04-23T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/was-the-cia-operating-in-chihuahua-without-the-mexican-governments-knowledge-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:00:41","slug":"was-the-cia-operating-in-chihuahua-without-the-mexican-governments-knowledge-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/was-the-cia-operating-in-chihuahua-without-the-mexican-governments-knowledge-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Was the CIA operating in Chihuahua without the Mexican government&#8217;s knowledge? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/29QVVhiQfMk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Was the CIA operating in Chihuahua without the Mexican government's knowledge? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/29QVVhiQfMk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>After a deadly car crash killed two American officials returning from a drug\u2011lab operation in Chihuahua, reports say they were CIA agents. Mexico\u2019s president insists her government was never informed the Americans were there. The CIA has expanded its cooperation with Mexican authorities as the Trump administration uses military force against drug cartels. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 CIA agents killed after Mexico drug lab raid<br \/>\n0:29  Deadly meth lab operation in northern Mexico<br \/>\n1:11 What caused the fatal crash in Chihuahua?<br \/>\n2:25 CIA in Mexico: a long and secret history<br \/>\n3:52  Federal vs state power in Mexico\u2019s drug war<br \/>\n5:01 Will the CIA incident strain US\u2013Mexico relations?<br \/>\n7:20 Why meth labs are crucial to drug cartels<br \/>\n11:22 Limits of US\u2013Mexico security cooperation<br \/>\n14:51 Is the war on drugs failing again?<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews #mexico #drugs #cia #trump #sheinbaum #usa #agents #cartel <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a deadly car crash killed two American officials returning from a drug\u2011lab operation in Chihuahua, reports say they were CIA agents. Mexico\u2019s president insists her government was never informed the Americans were there. The CIA has expanded its cooperation with Mexican authorities as the Trump administration uses military force against drug cartels. 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