{"id":2340,"date":"2025-08-02T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2025-08-02T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T22:05:10","slug":"mexican-cartels-using-ukrainian-frontline-to-learn-more-about-drone-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/2025\/08\/02\/mexican-cartels-using-ukrainian-frontline-to-learn-more-about-drone-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican cartels using Ukrainian frontline to learn more about drone warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn-images.the-express.com\/img\/dynamic\/12\/590x\/secondary\/409172.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Ukrainian Military In Kharkiv Oblast\" title=\"Ukrainian Military In Kharkiv Oblast\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drone warfare has proven effective in the war between Russia and Ukraine. (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexican cartel operatives are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/world-news\/168473\/trump-drone-strikes-drug-cartels?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\">understood to have joined Ukraine&#8217;s frontline so that they can learn advanced drone training<\/a> to deploy against rivals and US security forces back in their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>&#8216;s counterintelligence service confirmed it was currently investigating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/ukraine\">potential infiltration of its International Legion<\/a>, a military unit composed of foreign volunteers, by Latin American drug cartels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Security Service of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> (SBU), alongside military intelligence, has launched the joint mission following earlier warnings from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/mexico\">Mexico<\/a>\u2019s National Intelligence Center of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/world-news\/176273\/decapitated-bodies-found-hanging-bridge-mexico?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\">intent of some of the Mexican recruits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after returning to office in January, President Trump designated cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, adding, &#8220;the Cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/world-news\/178972\/Mexican-cartel-Ukrainian-drones\">but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn-images.the-express.com\/img\/dynamic\/12\/590x\/secondary\/409177.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"MEXICO-US-RELIGION-MORMON-ATTACK\" title=\"MEXICO-US-RELIGION-MORMON-ATTACK\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexican cartels have carried out attacks on domestic and international victims. (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/us-news\/171587\/panic-strange-flying-objects-reported\">Panic as strange flying objects reported near Arizona Air Force ranges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/movies\/171198\/awesome-clint-eastwood-movie-loved-fans-now-netflix\">&#8216;Awesome&#8217; Clint Eastwood movie loved by fans is now on Netflix<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/world-news\/178840\/major-russian-railway-ukrainian-drone-strike\">Major Russian railway goes up in flames after devastating Ukraine drone strike<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FPV drones were used in coordinated strikes against the Russian Air Force&#8217;s long-range assets across six air bases &#8211; Belaya, Dyagilevo, Ivanovo, Severny, Olenya, and Ukrainka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other South American countries have taken an interest in the probe, with Colombian nationals being included, which has posed concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> becoming increasingly used as a training ground for criminal activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone warfare has proven effective in the war between Russia and Ukraine. 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