cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11394445

The U.S. spy agency has significantly expanded its international antidrug work under President Trump and CIA Director Ratcliffe.

Two U.S. embassy officials 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.