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PHOTOS: Mexican Cartels Weaponize Drones to Drop IEDs
2021-04-26
[Breitbart] Drug cartels fighting a fierce turf war in western Mexico began weaponizing commercial drones by turning them into delivery systems for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Breitbart Texas obtained exclusive photographs of the explosives devices and the methods used by cartel operators.

This week, Mexican authorities confirmed that two police officers in Michoacán were injured by an attack from cartel gunmen who used commercial drones to drop IEDs, Breitbart Texas reported. The attack came after state police officers removed a series of roadblocks aimed at keeping rival cartels from using armored SUVs to carry out attacks in their attempts to take control.

While various news outlets in Mexico claimed that Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) instigated the attack, law enforcement sources in Michoacán revealed to Breitbart Texas that authorities believe an alliance known as Carteles Unidos were actually the ones behind the drone attacks.
Chris Covert reported on the formation of Carteles Unidos for Rantburg back in 2011. So they’ve been around for a while.
That criminal organization is made up of smaller regional cartels including Los Viagras, various self-defense groups, and remnants of La Familia Michoacana who are openly fighting off an invasion from CJNG. Carteles Unidos claims to have financial and manpower support from CJNG’s archrival — the Sinaloa Cartel. For several weeks, rival cartels carried out a series of fierce clashes where they used makeshift armored vehicles, explosives, and high-powered weapons. Mexico’s government is largely unable to do anything to address the raging violence that has been ongoing for weeks.

Breitbart Texas obtained a series of photographs showing members of Carteles Unidos making and testing a series of IEDs. The devices appear to be made out of pipes shaped like a mortar round. Those IEDs are then attached to commercial drones and then dropped from the air.

Information obtained exclusively by Breitbart Texas revealed that the operator behind the development of the weaponized drones claims to have had U.S. military training. However, Breitbart Texas was not able to confirm the claim.
Related:
Michoacán: 2021-02-18 There are 75 malicious homicides per day in February
Michoacán: 2021-02-14 8 die in drug related hits in Chihuahua state
Michoacán: 2020-08-21 Mexico's fastest-growing drugs cartel 'Jalisco New Generation' deploys bomb drones packed with C4 explosives as it battles to dominate town and it's armed residents
Related:
Carteles Unidos: 2012-05-29 Bad guys attack cop shop in Jalisco state
Carteles Unidos: 2011-07-02 Zacatecas: Fighting Erupts in Fresnillo, 15 Die -- UPDATED
Carteles Unidos: 2011-06-20 More Mayhem in Michoacan: 14 die
Posted by:Skidmark

#2  so they are paying all the soul deprived dumb thumbing woke of umerica to be dropped from drones with steak knives awesome!
Posted by: Sluse Grealet9429   2021-04-26 22:24  

#1  Looks to be pipe bombs with vanes that can somehow be dropped from a drone. They don't appear to be "guided."
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-04-26 12:54  

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