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| Drug cartels using bomb-dropping drones have killed Mexican army soldiers: report |
| 2024-08-03 |
| [FoxNews] Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval did not provide exact figures on the number of casualties suffered in the attacks. The Mexican army has confirmed that drug cartel-operated bomb-dropping drones have killed soldiers in the western state of Michoacan. Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval did not provide exact figures on the number of casualties suffered in the attacks, according to the Associated Press. Sandoval stated on Friday that attacks targeted patrol units and included over 260 drone-bomb incidents in 2023 alone. "Our personnel have suffered wounds, and some of our troops have even died" in the attacks, Sandoval said. The Jalisco cartel, known for equipping drones with metal bomb casings, has turned the region into a warzone with IEDs, trenches, and armored vehicles. Sandoval told the AP that the army continues to encounter far more road-side bombs than drone-dropped ones. Mexico’s Navy also acknowledged on Friday that two military helicopter crew members died earlier this year when their chopper went down in the Pacific Ocean while chasing cocaine-smuggling boats. Officials told the AP that the U.S. Navy had agreed to help in recovering the sunken helicopter and the crew members’ remains. The Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels have also flooded major U.S. cities with meth and fentanyl and use violence to protect their turf, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said in a May report. Related: Jalisco: 2024-06-30 Elderly Couple Injured in Mexico When Cartel Drone Drops IED on Home Jalisco: 2024-04-16 Sinaloa Cartel Moving Fentanyl Labs Closer to Texas Border Jalisco: 2024-03-26 Ecuador's youngest mayor, 27, is assassinated along with her aide in latest murder of a political figure in crime-ravaged country |
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