U.S. Immigration Agent Killed in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican official says one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has died in an attack in northern Mexico that left a second agent wounded.

San Luis Potosi state police had a report of shooting on a federal highway leading to Monterrey involving two people, one of whom was airlifted by helicopter to Mexico City, according to Public Safety spokesman Omar Nino.

Though Mexico is seeing record rates of violence from warring drug cartels and a crackdown on organized crime, it is rare for U.S. officials to be attacked.

But the U.S. government has increasingly become concerned about the safety of its employees in Mexico amid the escalating violence. The U.S. State Department has taken several measures over the past year to protect consulate employees and their families.

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