Over the past two weeks, the American military has ramped up its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels, flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern U.S. and the Baja peninsula, CNN reported, citing three officials with knowledge of the flights and open-source data.
Current and former military officials told the outlet that the missions, which took place over a 10-day period from late January to early February, are a considerable increase in activity, coming as President Donald Trump deployed the military to the U.S.-Mexico border to halt the flow of drugs and foreign nationals into the country.
Typically, one surveillance mission per month has been flown around the border, according to a former military official. The official, with significant experience in homeland defense, said the advanced spy planes flown on these missions are usually used to collect intelligence on Russian or Chinese activities.
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