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Mexico Says US Military Planes May Have Spied On Cartels
Barrons ^ | 2/11/25 | Agency French Press

Posted on 02/11/2025 6:19:35 PM PST by hardspunned

US military aircraft may have spied on drug cartels during recent flights near Mexican territory, the government said Tuesday.

Mexico was aware of two such US military flights in late January and early February that were in international airspace, Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla told a news conference.

Asked whether the aircraft had spied on Mexican drug traffickers, the general said: "We can't rule it out because we don't know what they did."

The plane that Mexico observed flying near its territory did not violate national airspace and kept its tracking devices on, in compliance with international regulations, Trevilla said.

Any intelligence gathered from Mexican territory would have to be shared under agreements between the two countries, he said.

CNN reported on Monday that the US military had "significantly increased" its aerial surveillance of the cartels over the past two weeks.

It said that spy planes had flown at least 18 missions over US territory and in international airspace around Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, passing near the cartel stronghold of Sinaloa on one occasion.

(Excerpt) Read more at barrons.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 202501; 202502; aviation; flights; intel; mexico; sinaloa
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I’m normally a peaceful man but I say Shock and Awe the entire bunch.
1 posted on 02/11/2025 6:19:35 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

There is no difference between
the Mexican Government,
and the Mexican crime cartels.
They are one in the same.


2 posted on 02/11/2025 6:25:51 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: hardspunned

The Cartels have got some good USA spy tech from Zelensky Inc. So I’m sure they would know.


3 posted on 02/11/2025 6:27:18 PM PST by captmar-vell
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To: hardspunned

Duh.
If Mexico opposes this, they are admitting to being cartel allies.


4 posted on 02/11/2025 6:28:03 PM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
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To: hardspunned

Peace is most always better than kinetic war.
I’m former military, and did my best to make sure my equipment could destroy nations in minutes if so ordered.
Criminals are not nations.
Cartels and all their families won’t be missed.
Get my drift?


5 posted on 02/11/2025 6:31:23 PM PST by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: hardspunned

Meh-he-co supports the Cartels?

[Of course they do...]


6 posted on 02/11/2025 6:31:53 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Jonty30

Taking out the cartels is Mexico’s job. If we have to do it for them we should get payment in kind, say make Baja California California again.


7 posted on 02/11/2025 6:32:14 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: hardspunned

We’ve got as much of a right to be there as they do, it’s international airspace. They can go suck it.


8 posted on 02/11/2025 6:35:21 PM PST by GaryCrow
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To: AndyJackson

Taking over “Baja California” would make a great pilot project on how to take over the Gaza Strip and make it a totally GREAT resort destination.


9 posted on 02/11/2025 6:36:00 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: hardspunned

I think the Mexican government is doing civilization a favor by reminding the cartels that the Big Bad Trump is lurking and looking - and there is not much the Mex government can do about it.

Those at the top of the cartels - at least those that want to keep living - might consider changing careers.


10 posted on 02/11/2025 6:40:43 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: hardspunned

Vete al infierno pendejos!!!


11 posted on 02/11/2025 6:42:27 PM PST by dadgum (Trump 2024. Fight to Win or Do Not Fight at All)
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To: dadgum

México es un corrupto
agujero de mierda gigantesco!

De verdad.


12 posted on 02/11/2025 6:43:58 PM PST by dadgum (Trump 2024. Fight to Win or Do Not Fight at All)
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To: Repeal The 17th

There is no difference between
the Mexican Government,
and the Mexican crime cartels.
They are one in the same.

kinda like the us govt and corruption???


13 posted on 02/11/2025 6:44:16 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone

‘Rats and GOPeers in Congress and the USAID...


14 posted on 02/11/2025 6:47:15 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: hardspunned

Ya think??! :)


15 posted on 02/11/2025 6:58:09 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: AndyJackson

Why not? Trump could do wonders with that non gang infested beachfront property.


16 posted on 02/11/2025 7:01:35 PM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: hardspunned

Americans do the jobs that Mexicans are just not willing to do.


17 posted on 02/11/2025 7:05:09 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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[...intelligence gathered from Mexican territory would have to be shared under agreements between the two countries...]

Dump the raw data, minus the @125 million different cell numbers. Let them sort it out.


18 posted on 02/11/2025 7:12:00 PM PST by Farmerbob
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To: hardspunned

So?


19 posted on 02/11/2025 7:15:14 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: rellic; Pukin Dog; dfwgator

[Cartels and all their families won’t be missed.]

300 is topside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxdB91fRYPE

(which I guess is a CAG bird according to someone we knew)

He said 00 or 01 is almost always a CAG bird


20 posted on 02/11/2025 7:22:01 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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