2 U.s. Embassy Staffers, 2 Mexican Law Enforcement Officials Die In Accident In Chihuahua

Two U.S. Embassy staffers and 2 Mexican rule enforcement officials died successful an unspecified mishap pursuing a supplier eradication cognition successful Mexico, authorities said Sunday.

The 4 were returning from an cognition to destruct supplier labs successful nan municipality of Morelos successful nan authorities of Chihuahua erstwhile nan mishap took place, Chihuahua Attorney General César Jáuregui Moreno said astatine a news conference.

The U.S. staffers, described arsenic instructors who train and collaborate pinch Mexican rule enforcement, were not identified.

In a statement, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson called nan deaths a "tragic loss" and said they are "a intense reminder of nan risks faced by Mexican and U.S. officials dedicated to protecting our communities."

Jáuregui identified nan Mexican rule enforcement unit arsenic State Investigation Agency Director Pedro Román Oseguera Cervantes and Officer Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes, besides of nan agency.

"We widen our deepest condolences and our sympathies to nan families of those who died successful this tragic accident," he said.

Maru Campos, politician of Chihuahua, praised Oseguera for "working for nan bid and information of nan group of Chihuahua."

Morelos is astir 360 miles southwest of nan U.S.-Mexico separator astatine nan Good Neighbor Bridge crossing successful El Paso, Texas.