Thursday, August 30, 2012

Americans Shot By Mexican Police Were C.I.A. Operatives



Americans Shot In Mexico Were C.I.A. Operatives Aiding In Drug War -- New York Times

MEXICO CITY — The two Americans who were wounded when gunmen fired on an American Embassy vehicle last week were Central Intelligence Agency employees sent as part of a multiagency effort to bolster Mexican efforts to fight drug traffickers, officials said on Tuesday.

The two operatives, who were hurt on Friday, were participating in a training program that involved the Mexican Navy. They were traveling with a Mexican Navy captain in an embassy sport utility vehicle that had diplomatic license plates, heading toward a military shooting range 35 miles south of the capital when gunmen, some or all of them from the Federal Police, attacked the vehicle, Mexican officials have said.

The Mexican Navy said Tuesday in a statement that an American was driving the vehicle and that during the attack the captain, who was handling logistics and translating for the men, remained in the back seat calling for help on his cellphone.

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More News On the CIA Officials Who Were Shot In Mexico

Mexican police attacked CIA officers, ambush likely: sources -- Reuters
Mexico: 2 CIA Agents Wounded in Shooting Go to US -- ABC News/AP
AP: 2 Americans wounded in Mexican attack work for CIA -- USA Today/AP
Americans wounded in Mexico 'were CIA employees' -- AFP
US agents attacked in Mexico believed to be CIA -- Christian Science Monitor
Mexican police ambushed CIA officers: Sources -- Toronto Sun/Reuters
Mexican police officers detained over shooting of U.S. diplomatic vehicle -- CNN
U.S. workers shot in Mexico may be CIA employees -- Washington Post

Update: Mexicans raise questions over CIA role in drug war -- AFP

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