Trump Administration Deploys CIA Drones for Surveillance of Mexican Drug Cartels
- The Central Intelligence Agency is expanding its role to combat drug cartels in Mexico, potentially including covert operations, according to the Washington Post.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe aims to use counterterrorism methods to target narcotics trafficking, leveraging intelligence-sharing with Mexican authorities.
- Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed that U.S. surveillance drone flights over Mexico are conducted at her government's request as part of an effort to combat fentanyl production.
- Trump's administration has threatened tariffs on Mexico if the country does not act against drug cartels, as stated by Trump himself.
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The administration of US President Donald Trump, who is pressuring Mexico to curb fentanyl traffic to the United States, threatens to resort to drone strikes against cartels to disrupt their operations.
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has reportedly been using MQ-9 Reaper drones to conduct surveillance missions against drug cartels in Mexico. Fox News reported that a senior U.S. official confirmed that the CIA has been using drones to gather surveillance on Mexican drug cartels and fentanyl laboratories. The anonymous official said that the MQ-9 Reaper drones, which were authorized under a Biden-Harris administration program that has…
Sheinbaum made it clear that national sovereignty is not at risk, arguing that "there is nothing illegal" on U.S. drone flights, because they are made at Mexico's request in a bilateral collaboration scheme, something he recalled is not new but it has been carried out for several years.
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