Thwarting the Mexican cartels' fleet of drones bringing drugs and weapons over the U.S. southern border was of chief concern Tuesday to a bipartisan group of Capitol Hill lawmakers.
Drones are becoming a choice method for smuggling high-dollar hard drugs into the U.S., Border Patrol agents say. Thwarting the Mexican cartels’ fleet of drones bringing drugs and weapons over the U.S. southern border was of chief concern Tuesday to a bipartisan group of Capitol Hill lawmakers.
“It is my understanding, for every drone flown by border security, the Mexican cartel is flying 17 drones,” Rep. Dale Strong, Alabama Republican, said during the hearing. “Data shows the Mexican cartel are flying drones greater than 30 miles into U.S. airspace, landing and offloading drugs on U.S. soil — fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, marijuana and the list continues.”
Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland testified that he used to work at the Border Patrol’s Sanderson station in the rural Texas county of roughly 700 residents.
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