U.S. drones scout Mexico for drug gangs - report

Source: Reuters

U.S. drones scout Mexico for drug gangs - report
1 hour 22 mins ago

The U.S. government is using unmanned drones to scout for violent drug gangs in Mexico, the New York Times said on Wednesday, in an aggressive tactic that could raise sensitive sovereignty questions.

The Pentagon began flying the unmanned missions over Mexico last month and they have already uncovered information useful to officials investigating the shooting death of a U.S. customs agent in mid-February, the newspaper said.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed the missions should continue when they met in Washington earlier this month, it said.

Mindful of constitutional strictures and political sensitivities to the question of national sovereignty, Mexican officials have been wary about accepting foreign personnel to help combat drug traffickers.

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PB

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I cannot wait to see what happens the first time a bunch of innocents in some ejido are blown to shit, unlike Pakistan this is right here close to us. There are WAY more people from Mexico living here than there are Pakistanis, should be very very interesting once Obama decides to pull the trigger on them! I can see some nasty blowback just up ahead!!