Drug Cartels in Mexico Are Using Spy Technology to Avoid US Border Patrols Science World Report
go to original July 6, 2014

A drug package can still be seen attached to the bottom of this downed cartel ultralight plane. (ChuckHolton/Flickr)

Drug Cartels in Mexico have found an effective way to reduce encounters with the United States Border Control. They hire lookouts who use advanced technology while posted up in the mountains to detect where law enforcement is located.

Pinal County authorities in Arizona say that the ongoing issue concerning the drug cartel lookouts is occurring 70 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The authorities arrested a group of men who were using cell phones, encrypted radios, walkie talkies, and binoculars while armed with guns in the hilltops, mountains, and caves.

The cartels have resorted to such recon efforts because the US Drug Enforcement Agency as well as the joint Mexico-US border surveillance has become so effective at tracking and capturing smugglers. It's unknown how many of these spies are posted up in the hills of Arizona, but the United States is equipped with lookout towers, floodlights, fixed and mobile video surveillance systems, motion sensors, tethered blimps, and drones. It can't be a problem for much longer.

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