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The cartels are learning drone warfare from Ukraine

theblaze.com · 9d · first reportShare

Last summer, European news outlets reported that “volunteers” from Mexican and Colombian drug cartels had infiltrated Ukraine’s military — considered the world’s “ drone superpower ” — to learn cutting-edge drone warfare so they could use the knowledge to kill their enemies back home. Claims that this problem is ongoing have not yet been publicly verified by the U.S. intelligence community or the media. As yet, however, they remain undisputed . They now demand further scrutiny and broader attention in the United States to prompt appropriate action. If it’s not too late, and if the reports are correct, the U.S. urgently needs to terminate this knowledge transfer from Ukrainian soldiers to Latin America’s crime lords. 'The drone industry has exploded, and criminals have adapted the technology for attacks, which is a major challenge to battlefield aerial supremacy.' American military, law enforcement, and intelligence personnel are deployed for clandestine work inside and around Mexico an