Gangs Used Drones on Mexican Border Since 2012 Mexico News Daily
go to original October 6, 2014

Incoming: another drug shipment from México. (Eje Central)

Drugs on drones? It’s been ongoing since 2012, according to a report last July in El Universal.

When Mexico News Daily published a report last week about a new manufacturer of all-Mexican drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, a reader made the comment, “Wait till the smugglers get a couple of these.”

As far as the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is concerned, the smugglers already have more than just a couple. The agency had recorded, as of July, 150 narco drones crossing the Mexican border, transporting a total of two tons of cocaine and other drugs.

Authorities have identified Querétaro, Guadalajara, Nuevo León and México City as drone production centers, where drug cartels will pay good money to have the aircraft built.

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