Blown cover – Wounded CIA Agents return to the U.S. from Mexico for ‘security’ reasons
August 30, 2012 by supermario
Filed under Americas
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press
MEXICO CITY August 30, 2012 (AP)
Mexican officials said Wednesday that two Americans wounded in a shooting attack by federal police on a U.S. Embassy vehicle are employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, and acknowledged they have returned to the United States. A Mexican federal official whose agency does not allow him to be quoted by name said the wounded Americans are CIA employees. U.S. officials wouldn’t confirm which agency the men work for or say what work they were performing in Mexico. On Tuesday, the Mexican navy issued a statement saying the Americans were visiting a training course being held in a rural, mountainous area south of Mexico City. Some local press had previously said the Americans were acting as trainers or instructors.
Mexican Attorney General Marisela Morales was asked Wednesday why the two Americans were allowed to return to the U.S. even though an investigation is under way. She said they were allowed to go “so that they can be treated in the place they think is safest.”
