2 US Embassy Employees, 2 Mexican Officials Killed in Car Crash

The four officials were on their way back from an operation targeting clandestine laboratories when the incident happened.

Members of the National Guard and the Mexican Army leave the airport after landing in Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, on Aug. 12, 2022. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

Two instructor officers from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico and two Mexican officials died in a car crash in Chihuahua, Mexico, on April 19, according to local authorities.

The Mexican officials were identified as Pedro Román Oseguera Cervantes, director of the Chihuahua state investigation agency, and officer Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes. The identities of the two U.S. Embassy staffers have not been made public.