MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon apologized for last week's attack by Mexican federal police in which two U.S. government workers were wounded.
Calderon, during a forum on Mexico's security situation Tuesday, told U.S. Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne that the authorities would solve the case, The Washington Post reported.
He also hinted the 12 federal police officers arrested for their alleged involvement in shooting at the U.S. Embassy vehicle may have gang ties.
The Post also said the Mexican media reported that the wounded U.S. officials were possibly CIA employees. U.S. public records indicated the name of one of the injured was a CIA cover identity.
The agency did not comment and Calderon did not discuss the report during the forum, the Post said.
The two U.S. employees and a Mexican naval officer who was an interpreter were going to a training camp south of Mexico City Friday when they were ambushed, the U.S. Embassy said.
One of the wounded men was with the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, and the other man apparently was in Mexico on a temporary assignment, U.S. law enforcement officials and diplomats told the Post anonymously because the case was under investigation.
Mexican media reported the Americans were attacked by Mexican federal police officers wearing civilian clothing and driving civilian vehicles. U.S. officials later confirmed the description.
Some Mexican law enforcement authorities said the confrontation may have been caused by confusion because the federal police were following kidnappers who kidnapped a National Anthropology Museum official. However, a museum spokeswoman said there were no indication any museum employees were kidnapped.
