Mexico’s attorney general’s office on Tuesday announced a full investigation into two US CIA agents, who were not authorised to take part in a local raid and later died in a car crash.
The Specialised Regional Control Prosecutor’s Office (FECOR), which investigates federal crimes, will open two case files regarding the two alleged agents of the CIA, who died earlier this month in an accident in Chihuahua, a border state in northwestern Mexico, for possible crimes against national security.
“The investigation into the presence of foreign individuals, due to its characteristics and relevance, in addition to considering the possibility that crimes related to national security may have been committed, has been assigned to the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Investigation and Litigation of Complex Cases within FECOR,” a statement read.
A second investigation will also be conducted regarding the narcotics laboratory dismantled on April 19 by Mexican security agencies, where the CIA agents are presumed to have been involved.
The deaths of the two Americans shook the country by revealing a close link between a Mexican state government and foreign intelligence agencies, a possible violation of the Constitution, which establishes strict controls over foreign agents in Mexico and prohibits their actions without authorisation.