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Mexico says US agents killed in crash weren't permitted to operate there The Mexican government says twoUS agents who died last weekend in a car crash had not been authorised to operate
Drug Enforcement Agency director Terry Cole giving evidence to the US Senate.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6c8883f30b7f0d569effb8c2a7f5ce43bccb5b52/0_0_4737_3789/master/4737.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) DEA director Terry Cole claimed ‘narco traffickers and high-ranking government officials in Mexico have been in bed for years
killing more than 190 people. Trump’s anti-drug trafficking drive has been a source of friction with Mexico, which US officials say is the main transit point for the bulk of illicit flows
killed in a car crash in connection with an anti-narcotics raid – widely reported to be CIA officers – were not authorised to operate on Mexican territory. Mexico’s security cabinet said in a statement
killed Francisco Beltran, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel, as well as his driver. Mexico’s security laws require that foreign operatives receive permission from the federal government to operate on the country’s soil
officials have provided seemingly conflicting accounts of whether and how the Americans were involved in the raid, while [Claudia Sheinbaum](https://www.theguardian.com/world/claudia-sheinbaum), Mexico’s president, said neither she nor her cabinet had been aware