[GrupoAnimal] According to US authorities, cartel networks use drone systems to facilitate the illicit trafficking of people and to monitor personnel and security forces.
The United States Armed Forces shot down three drones allegedly used by drug cartels on the border with Mexico using lasers.
The Joint Task Force-Southern Border Experts (JTF-SB), under the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and in collaboration with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), reported that it neutralized three adversary unmanned aerial systems using directed energy during the nights of August 25 and 26.
The U.S. military employed an Army high-energy multipurpose laser system, called AMP-HEL, to intercept the aircraft “identified in support of activities that posed a physical threat to U.S. military elements and CBP agents.”