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Cartel drone ops on the U.S.-Mexico border ‘get more creative every day,’ task force warns

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U.S.-MEXICO BORDER — Drone threats from criminal cartels currently present a “very real” danger on America’s southern border, according to U.S. military officials deployed there who said so-called “narco-terrorists” are increasingly adapting their technology-enabled tactics and tradecraft. Though they repeatedly declined to discuss details about the frequency, payloads, size and proximity of such unmanned aerial system threats (citing operationa…

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The U.S. Department of War (formerly the Department of Defense) said that between August 22 and Thursday (September 24), a total of 378 drug cartel drones were detected along the southern border. Of these, 75 were forced to return, 15 were engaged in firefights, and one was captured.

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