By MEGAN JANETSKY, DAVID KLEPPER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
Updated
Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA. That's according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity Tuesday. The crash also killed two Mexican investigators. Mexican authorities say the group was returning from an operation to destroy the drug labs of criminal groups. The crash has sparked debate over U.S. involvement in Mexican security operations. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum faces pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to crack down on cartels. The CIA and State Department have declined to comment.
By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press
Mexico's first female president held out an olive branch to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn't vote for her, but she faces a market meltdown and a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, said "our duty will always be to look out for each and every Mexican, without distinctions." Long-delayed initial vote counts gave her a crushing margin of victory, higher even than the one López Obrador won in 2018. With about 78% of votes counted, Sheinbaum was getting about 59% of votes, about twice as many as her nearest competitor Xóchitl Gálvez, who got around 28%.
