Drug cartels fly explosive-laden drones near US border: report

Mexican drug cartels are using explosive-laden drones in an area just south of the U.S. southern border, raising concerns among the U.S. military and lawmakers.

Los Salazar, a cell of the notorious Sinaloa cartel, drops explosives on its rival cartel Los Pelones, just two miles from the U.S. border, the New York Post reports.

In March, Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, commander of the North American Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, told the Senate Defense Committee that more than 1,000 drones were crossing the U.S. border each month. Border agents told The Post that cartels were using drones to monitor U.S. law enforcement.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who joined House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) in December 2023 to urge the Department of Defense (DoD) to prevent U.S. technology from being used to equip Chinese-backed drones, has introduced an amendment to the NDAA that would require the DoD to take countermeasures against drones by creating a Counter Unmanned Aviation Systems (CUAS) task force, the Post reported. (…)

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