[Link] The Wrong People Just Got Their Hands on an Elite Drone Unit

Read: 22/8/2023 www.thedailybeast.com

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico—One of Mexico’s most violent cartels has just created its own elite unit of drone operators, a highly trained group of sicarios dedicated to tweaking commercial drones and turning them into flying bombs to use against rival cartels and Mexican authorities, according to U.

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[Link] US military kills Islamic State leader in Syria airstrike

Read: 12/7/2022 www.theguardian.com

The US military killed a leader of the Islamic State on Tuesday in an airstrike in Syria, Joe Biden said.

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[Link] Video Shows Narco Drones Dropping Bombs As People Flee

Read: 13/1/2022 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Terrifying video footage from a narco drone dropping bombs as people scatter below has gone viral in Mexico.

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