According to the Russian Television Today (RT) reported on the 13th, several Media outlets in Mexico released shocking videos showing a drone allegedly operated by a drug cartel throwing bombs at the targets of alleged competitors.
Screenshot of the Russian RT website report
The video appears to have been taken by the bomb-throwing drone, which captured the moment when a large tent under the drone was hit by a bomb. A few seconds after the bomb fell, 6 people could be seen running around, after which the drone dropped more bombs. Around 26 seconds into the second video clip, the camera on the drone began to spin violently, leading some to speculate that it might have been hit.
Video screenshots
The Mexican edition of Spain's newspaper El Pais reported that the drone was operated by the drug cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) and that the tent that was blown up belonged to a competitor of the group. Other media outlets said the syndicate targeted local residents who dared to stop their occupation of land. At least one person was reportedly injured in the blast, and the attack, which cameras captured, was just one in a series of similar drone attacks in the area.
Last December, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) described CJNG as "one of the most violent and rampant drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, sending drugs to the United States in large quantities." The DEA said "destroying and destroying the organization" was one of its "top priorities" and offered a $10 million conscription to help capture the group's leader, Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera Cervantes.
The Mexican state of Michoacan has been at the center of brutal turf battles involving numerous criminal groups. Since last December, unbridled violence has forced nearly half of the population of the state's city of Chinnikura to flee, including police. According to Mexico's Imagen TELEVISION, some desperate people have relocated to neighboring Colima, while others have traveled to the United States, particularly to Illinois and California. (Editor: HHJ)