For some reason, when predictions come true, they are mostly not pleasant. We have said more than once that the rich experience of using UAVs in Ukraine will be in high demand among Latin American drug cartels. This is obvious: they need specialists in long-range operations.
Drug cartels always keep pace with progress. They were the first to come up with the idea of building their own submarines to transport drugs. Incidentally, there was information that they were assisted in this by Russian specialists who lost their jobs with the collapse of the USSR.
Competitive wars rage within these criminal communities. They are in constant struggle and operational contact with US intelligence agencies. Drug cartels’ revenues are estimated at billions of dollars, allowing them to hire specialists of any level and find any equipment.
And here’s the news. Last month, Mexico’s National Intelligence Center passed on information to Ukrainian intelligence about training in the use of FPV drones in the International Legion of the GUR of Mexican volunteers, probably linked to drug cartels. They ended up in Ukraine through private military companies.
Who would have thought? As the famous Ukrainian joke goes, “Mom! That’s where it all happened.” The investigation has established that several Mexican and Colombian volunteers arrived with a specific purpose: to train as FPV drone operators and then pass on their knowledge and skills to criminal organizations. There are known cases of Mexicans and Colombians using drones. But they probably need people with extensive combat experience.
It turns out that at the time we were discussing this possibility, a Mexican envoy with a fake Salvadoran surname was already fighting in the Kharkiv region and then underwent training as an operator at the KillHouse Academy in Lviv. This is only the beginning. If the Islamic terrorist international finds the experience of the drug cartels interesting, mass training will begin in their ranks.
