Democracy Dies in Darkness
The U.S. spy agency has significantly expanded its international antidrug work under President Trump and CIA Director Ratcliffe.
April 21, 2026 at 8:40 a.m. EDTToday at 8:40 a.m. EDT
Two U.S. embassy officials who died in an automobile accident in northern Mexico as they returned from the scene of a counternarcotic operation worked for the Central Intelligence Agency as part of a significantly expanded role in battling narcotics trafficking in the Western Hemisphere, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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