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General says the Marine Corps 'stole' the narco-sub idea from drug runners to move missiles and more
The unmanned, low-profile vessel is designed to transport weapons and critical supplies to forward-…
Chris Panella
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'Like a flying ant': An operative describes how Mexico's cartels use drones to attack enemies and smuggle drugs
With a few rudimentary modifications, Mexican criminal groups can use commercial drones bought in t…
Luis Chaparro
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The US and Mexico aren't on 'the same page' about cartels, and now thousands of people are fleeing to the US
"Mexico is now overwhelmed and out of capacity," a Catholic priest in southwest Mexico told Insider.
Luis Chaparro
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The night the Lord of the Skies got away
In 1985, US agents had a chance to stop Mexico's top drug lord. Years later, evidence from that nig…
Noah Hurowitz
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A Maryland inmate was just convicted of trying to smuggle drugs into prison with a drone
A drone carrying cellphones, drugs, hacksaw blades, and other material that dangled in a bundle fro…
Christopher Woody,Reuters
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Colombian traffickers have added drones to their smuggling arsenal
Colombia's anti-narcotics chief, General Ricardo Alberto Restrepo, holds a confiscated pack of coca…
Christopher Woody
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Australian Man Caught Trying To Smuggle A Drug-Carrying Drone Into Prison
Chief Developer Guido de Croon releases the DelFly Explorer, the world's lightest autonomous flappi…
Agence France Presse
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Drug drones: London police are cracking down on UAVs delivering illegal substances to prisoners
This isn't the first time that drones have been used illegally. Indeed, The Independent reported th…
Sam Shead
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Drones appear to be taking on a bigger, more dangerous role in Mexico's criminal warfare
In Colombia - where traffickers have been caught using drones - authorities have adopted drones for…
Christopher Woody
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The Marine Corps is quietly monitoring sections of the US-Mexico border to stop migrants and drug traffickers
Vogel's platoon worked with the CBP three times before he deployed to Iraq in 2008 and Afghanistan …
Chris Jones
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The world's 2nd-largest cocaine producer is adding drones to its police force
Argentina announced in October that it was introducing two unmanned aerial vehicles to its flotilla…
Christopher Woody
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Arab Spring Fallout Is Fueling A Mediterranean Smuggling Economy
Those who watch the Syrian conflict closely, however - including the growing number of online video…
Peter Apps, Reuters
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Fake vegetables, frozen sharks, and an Xbox - here are some of drugs smugglers' most bizarre methods
Fake carrots, real doughnuts, catapults, drones, submarines, and the human stomach - here's a non-e…
Christopher Woody
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A Drone Carrying 3 Kilos Of Crystal Meth Crashed Into A Supermarket Parking Lot In Mexico
According to the Guardian, "other innovative efforts [for drug trafficking] have included catapults…
Rob Price
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For white-collar prisoners who just can't disconnect, $3,000 contraband cellphones can literally fall from the sky
Well-heeled criminals who just can't disconnect are paying top dollar for contraband prison cellpho…
Laura Italiano
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Russian soldiers are facing a 'mouse fever' outbreak on the frontlines, Ukrainian intel says
Ukrainian intelligence says "mouse fever" carried by rodents is running rampant among Russian soldi…
Paul Squire
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Silicon Valley startups backed by Bill Gates and Andreessen Horowitz are using the US-Mexico border to test new surveillance technology
The technologies, the companies have said, are designed to help border patrol agents spot and appre…
Aaron Holmes
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A major ISIS figure whom everyone thought was killed in Syria turned out to be living in a seaside town in Spain
"This is a major problem," an official in Belgium told Insider. "He's a well-known jihadist ... liv…