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CIA using drones to surveil drug cartels, labs in Mexico

Mike Heuer | UPI — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:02:44 +0000

Feb. 18 (UPI) — The CIA is deploying unmanned drones over Mexico to search for fentanyl labs run by drug cartels after the Trump administration declared cartels are terrorist organizations.

The CIA has been using MQ-9 Reaper drones as part of the Trump administration’s use of national security tools at the southern border with Mexico amid a fentanyl crisis, CNN, the Daily Mailand DNYUZ reported.

The drones are unarmed but could be armed as needed to conduct precision strikes on fentanyl labs and cartel activities if needed, CNN reported.

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Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/02/18/cia-drone-flights-mexico-drug-cartels/2481739908894/

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Mexico reacts to Trump’s vow to mark Mexican drug cartels as terrorists

Orion Rummler — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 05:22:27 +0000

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and President Donald Trump. Photos: Pedro Pardo/AFP and Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign secretary, said Wednesday that he is in contact with the U.S. government following President Trump’s announced plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

What they’re saying: Mexico’s president characterized Trump’s proposal as “interventionism” on Wednesday, emphasizing that he wanted to “avoid a political conflict,” per the Washington Post. Ebrard tweeted that “Mexico will never accept any action that violates our national sovereignty,” on Tuesday, following Trump’s announcement.

How it works: Cartels labeled as terrorist organizations would be subject to special sanctions and increased scrutiny, which could apply to any institutions dealing with the cartel, including banks or government agencies, per the Post.

The big picture: Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both weighed labeling Mexican drug cartels as terrorists, a former Mexican ambassador told the Post, but “backed down” after “they realized the economic and trade implications it would have on U.S.-Mexican ties.”

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Source: https://www.axios.com/mexico-trump-terrorist-drug-cartels-2ca51b49-76f3-4768-981b-87884b0c71ee.html

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Trump calls for war on Mexican drug cartels

Fox News — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:00:12 +0000

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