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Drug Cartels Reportedly Seek Drone Training in Ukraine

Mexican cartels infiltrate Ukraine's International Legion to master drone tactics, with fiber-optic and AI-assisted drones accelerating cartel violence and prompting US security concerns.

Mexican and Ukrainian authorities are investigating whether Latin American drug cartels have infiltrated Ukraine’s International Legion to learn first-person-view drone tactics, according to Intelligence Online. The inquiries focus on Spanish-speaking units and recruits suspected of targeting drone operator roles to transfer battlefield skills back to criminal groups. Cartel adoption of first-person view (FPV) drones — cheap, precise and rapidly…

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Mexican and Colombian drug cartels are sending their members as volunteers to the International Legion in Ukraine to learn how to operate drones from Ukrainian soldiers, the British newspaper “Telegraph” reported on Tuesday (14/10). According to the newspaper, Mexican intelligence services warned Kiev last summer that cartel members were infiltrating Ukrainian troops and were particularly interested in operating kamikaze drones, which can be lau…

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The modern war and criminality in Mexico cross in a worrying way. Members of Mexican and Colombian cartels have incorporated tactics learned in Ukraine to sophisticated ... La entrada The militarization of drug trafficking: drones and tactics learned in Ukraine aparece primero en LJA.MX Noticias México.

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Mexican drug cartels are sending their members as volunteers to the International Legion in Ukraine to learn how to operate drones from Ukrainian soldiers, the British newspaper "Telegraph" reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, Mexican intelligence warned Kyiv last summer that cartel members were infiltrating Ukrainian forces and were particularly interested in operating kamikaze drones, which allow operators to observe the terrain fr…

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wpolityce.pl broke the news in Warszawa, Poland on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
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