{"id":208278,"date":"2026-04-20T07:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/2-u-s-embassy-staffers-2-mexican-law-enforcement-officials-die-in-accident-in-chihuahua-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:28:21","slug":"2-u-s-embassy-staffers-2-mexican-law-enforcement-officials-die-in-accident-in-chihuahua-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/2-u-s-embassy-staffers-2-mexican-law-enforcement-officials-die-in-accident-in-chihuahua-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"2 U.S. Embassy staffers, 2 Mexican law enforcement officials die in accident in Chihuahua &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>Two U.S. Embassy staffers and two Mexican law enforcement officials died in an unspecified accident following a drug eradication operation in Mexico, authorities said Sunday.<br \/>Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <br \/>Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<br \/>The four were returning from an operation to destroy drug labs in the municipality of Morelos in the state of Chihuahua when the accident took place, Chihuahua Attorney General C\u00e9sar J\u00e1uregui Moreno said at a news conference.<br \/>The U.S. staffers, described as instructors who train and collaborate with Mexican law enforcement, were not identified. <br \/>In a statement, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, called the deaths a &#8220;tragic loss&#8221; and said they are &#8220;a solemn reminder of the risks faced by Mexican and U.S. officials dedicated to protecting our communities.&#8221;<br \/>J\u00e1uregui identified the Mexican law enforcement personnel as State Investigation Agency Director Pedro Rom\u00e1n Oseguera Cervantes and Officer Manuel Genaro M\u00e9ndez Montes, also of the agency.<br \/>&#8220;We extend our deepest condolences and our sympathies to the families of those who died in this tragic accident,&#8221; he said.<br \/>Maru Campos, the governor of Chihuahua, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaruCampos_G\/status\/2045955825739747723\" target=\"_blank\">praised Oseguera<\/a> for &#8220;working for the peace and security of the people of Chihuahua.&#8221;<br \/>Morelos is about 360 miles southwest of the U.S.-Mexico border at the Good Neighbor Bridge crossing in El Paso, Texas.<br \/>Joe Kottke is an assignment editor at NBC News covering domestic news, including politics, immigration, crime, entertainment and severe weather.<br \/>Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNUG1WengxTU5GVDdtZVVPX0R2aEw0Sk1vanVfay1CTHdDaGhraG8wTzc4SjJ3blZNckU2YW5BaXJmdFBfbVd1MmhJYmd1Z1l2LS03ckQzUWFPV25VazJQY3Y0a0ZpRXNaVWpmTndWUmtTT29wWVJwbndIblM3Q1I3WTZ3MVF3ZUthc0dPVkctWjRsemJUVEhuZzVXTG15bl9pZHZkXzZkS05IZUV4ZTQ3ZHJYWVpYY0NYNEE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeTwo U.S. Embassy staffers and two Mexican law enforcement officials died in an unspecified accident following a drug eradication operation in Mexico, authorities said Sunday.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The four were returning from an operation to destroy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-208278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}