Another new drone war development I saw on a recent news report from Ukraine was an anti-drone drone equipped with a semi automatic shotgun shooting at Russian drones in flight, this vastly increases the survivability and reusability of the drone. The video also showed the drone being used to target soldiers on the ground, but it explained that this was not the intended purpose.
But I think it’s the use of drone attacks on the unsuspecting and innocent villagers in Mexico to scare them out of their homes, this tactical forced displacement, along with attacks like the grenade attacks on the nightclub and the general scare tactics that are the true “terror tactics” which make it hard for anyone to realistically argue about whether or not some of the cartels are “Terrorist Organisations”.
Cartel drones versus CIA drones would definitely be some next level warfare. I think the CIA drones fly to high and are too sophisticated but let's see...
Great information Ioan. What have you heard regarding Tucker Carlson’s report about military equipment including drones being purchased from Ukraine by the cartels?
Thanks there Daniel. I havent seen evidence of that and also have seen Russians intelligence trying to spread that story. They have closer sources of weapons, including from the US and stuff stolen from Latín American governments. But if I see any evidence on it I Will report It. Best there!
Here are some links that suggest illegal arms from Ukraine to the Mexican cartels. There has been an extensive black market in Ukrainian armament and I included links to investigations of the CIA in illegal arms trade-
This link details the corruption in the Ukraine which the United States has not only refused to acknowledge but also has censored information detailing the corruption.
Russian intelligence news briefs have been proven to be fairly accurate over the past four years. The real concern would be the type of weaponry that is available on the black market for cartels to purchase if there is US military intervention in Mexico and the development of CIA channels with the cartels in the past.
All of these links come from right-wing propaganda websites with "anonymous sources" and a bunch of "suspicions", so I wouldn't give them too much value. They seem to cater to individuals that oppose support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. There are also references to RT, which is the Russian-sponsored news company, so there is that as well.
If/when US military assets show up in Mexican cartels, I am sure Ioan will report it here.
Thanks Adrian. Yep I try and keep an open mind to the evidence while also treating it all with a critical eye. Best there friend and great to have your voice here.
The most significant links are from ciagate which is a substack run by CIA whistleblowers. To label everything as right wing propaganda is a deflection to try and destroy alternate viewpoints that have been crushed by the US mainstream media. What are we to call ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox news which are government mouthpieces devoid of any truly independent investigations. Many of the links above are from individuals totally disgusted by the political and economic lies perpetuated by the US mainstream press concerning the Ukraine war, Israel's destruction of Gaza, South America and Africa.
There is not going to be any obvious smoking gun proclaiming the true facts of government corruption. They are not that stupid. This corruption has to be weeded out by piecing together an unbelievable amount of small bits of information that will point to a certain direction. Which means every source of information has to be examined and government proclamations of truth and fact are usually the true forms of misinformation especially since the US for example had the FBI and CIA directly involved in social media to manipulate the presentation of news they wanted to promote.
If the US attacks the cartels (on Mexican soil), could the cartels become Iran’s next proxy militia? A common enemy there. Reports suggest that they already have a longstanding relationship. Although, attacking your biggest client would drastically affect business.
An interesting thought there Omid. There certainly has been concern among some intelligence services that a foreign power might try and use the. Best friend.
Iran has been making the cheapest and most deadly drones and would not this country love to expand Mexican cartels armory if the cartels are directly attacked by the United States.
Go to the Russian war porn youtube sites and you will see the deadly consequences of drone attacks and how much damage can be inflicted for really a small price compared to conventional combat weaponry. The southern border of the United States could easily become a cauldron of destruction and violence without any easy defense from a drone attack. The chorus of the chants in the US to strike the cartels does not come without huge violent risks.
The US is apparently using military drones in Mexico, but the details have not been released. I can't help but wonder what kind of conflict cartel drones and US military drones might have?
It is sereal watching the evolution of this cartel conflict. From 2004 until now. When did the first car bombs or "viebeds" started to occur? Was it like 2010 in juarez? I believe the zetas first started utilizing them. Now it's Ariel drones.
Yeah, the first sizeable car bomb was the 2010 in Juarez as far as I know. Lucky they haven't such massive car bombs in some other conflicts like Colombia. But Mexico is plenty bloody enough...
Yeah it seems the only thing cartels in colombia had were car bombs. And hitmen on motorbikes not much else. You never saw technicals or "monstros" there. Maybe because it's terrain is too jungle for it
You know its funny I actually like watching a retired Colombian army guy on youtube and he often likes reacting to the Mexican cartel conflict and he notes how the warfare in Mexico is very "urban" where as the war he's used to fighting is in the jungle against guerrillas. And he definitely Mentions that the Colombian cartels never developed the same type of "technicals" or any of the current tech the Mexican narcos have. They truly have evolved from the escobar days
Another new drone war development I saw on a recent news report from Ukraine was an anti-drone drone equipped with a semi automatic shotgun shooting at Russian drones in flight, this vastly increases the survivability and reusability of the drone. The video also showed the drone being used to target soldiers on the ground, but it explained that this was not the intended purpose.
But I think it’s the use of drone attacks on the unsuspecting and innocent villagers in Mexico to scare them out of their homes, this tactical forced displacement, along with attacks like the grenade attacks on the nightclub and the general scare tactics that are the true “terror tactics” which make it hard for anyone to realistically argue about whether or not some of the cartels are “Terrorist Organisations”.
Cartel drones versus CIA drones would definitely be some next level warfare. I think the CIA drones fly to high and are too sophisticated but let's see...
Great information Ioan. What have you heard regarding Tucker Carlson’s report about military equipment including drones being purchased from Ukraine by the cartels?
Thanks there Daniel. I havent seen evidence of that and also have seen Russians intelligence trying to spread that story. They have closer sources of weapons, including from the US and stuff stolen from Latín American governments. But if I see any evidence on it I Will report It. Best there!
Here are some links that suggest illegal arms from Ukraine to the Mexican cartels. There has been an extensive black market in Ukrainian armament and I included links to investigations of the CIA in illegal arms trade-
https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/06/01/weapon-us-gave-ukraine-spotted-in-hands-of-mexican-cartel-media/
https://openborders.news/2024-02-09-weapons-ukraine-end-up-mexican-cartels-report.html
https://en.topwar.ru/218311-meksikanskoe-smi-desjatki-prednaznachennyh-dlja-vsu-amerikanskih-granatometov-okazalis-u-narkomafii-v-meksike.html
https://discernreport.com/weapons-sent-to-ukraine-are-ending-up-in-the-hands-of-mexican-cartels/
https://www.sgtreport.com/2024/02/weapons-sent-to-kiev-found-in-possession-of-mexican-cartels/
https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/10/01/exclusive-zelensky-and-us-partner-reselling-western-weapons-to-terrorists-and-drug-cartels/
https://www.shortlysts.com/p/arming-the-enemy-are-u-s-weapons-from-ukraine-fueling-mexican-cartels
https://armedforces.press/breaking-weapons-given-to-ukraine-may-now-be-used-against-us-soldiers-at-mexico-border/
https://ciagate.substack.com/p/noetic-continental-part-i-how-cia
https://ciagate.substack.com/p/noetic-continental-part-ii-how-cia
https://ciagate.substack.com/p/ukrainian-deal-exposing-ciapolish
https://devend.online/2024/08/06/the-dirty-war-on-russia-through-cia-nato-eu-private-companies-money-laundering-and-weapon-deals-investigation/
https://slaynews.com/news/ukraine-caught-embezzling-400m-us-aid/
This link details the corruption in the Ukraine which the United States has not only refused to acknowledge but also has censored information detailing the corruption.
Russian intelligence news briefs have been proven to be fairly accurate over the past four years. The real concern would be the type of weaponry that is available on the black market for cartels to purchase if there is US military intervention in Mexico and the development of CIA channels with the cartels in the past.
Thanks there Tom - I'll check them out.
All of these links come from right-wing propaganda websites with "anonymous sources" and a bunch of "suspicions", so I wouldn't give them too much value. They seem to cater to individuals that oppose support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. There are also references to RT, which is the Russian-sponsored news company, so there is that as well.
If/when US military assets show up in Mexican cartels, I am sure Ioan will report it here.
Thanks Adrian. Yep I try and keep an open mind to the evidence while also treating it all with a critical eye. Best there friend and great to have your voice here.
The most significant links are from ciagate which is a substack run by CIA whistleblowers. To label everything as right wing propaganda is a deflection to try and destroy alternate viewpoints that have been crushed by the US mainstream media. What are we to call ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox news which are government mouthpieces devoid of any truly independent investigations. Many of the links above are from individuals totally disgusted by the political and economic lies perpetuated by the US mainstream press concerning the Ukraine war, Israel's destruction of Gaza, South America and Africa.
There is not going to be any obvious smoking gun proclaiming the true facts of government corruption. They are not that stupid. This corruption has to be weeded out by piecing together an unbelievable amount of small bits of information that will point to a certain direction. Which means every source of information has to be examined and government proclamations of truth and fact are usually the true forms of misinformation especially since the US for example had the FBI and CIA directly involved in social media to manipulate the presentation of news they wanted to promote.
I was wondering. I would guess that any weapons from Ukraine would find their way to the Middle East or Africa before ending up in Mexico.
If the US attacks the cartels (on Mexican soil), could the cartels become Iran’s next proxy militia? A common enemy there. Reports suggest that they already have a longstanding relationship. Although, attacking your biggest client would drastically affect business.
An interesting thought there Omid. There certainly has been concern among some intelligence services that a foreign power might try and use the. Best friend.
Another blockbuster report!! Thanks for your hard work, Ioan!
Well appreciated again. The stories just keep coming at me fast this year. Best John.
Here’s a link to the video.
The shotgun technology isn’t a semiautomatic, as the video explains.
https://youtu.be/As_cifXH1Fs?si=fy1ycXqBPHYjL_9H
Thanks there Andy!
Iran has been making the cheapest and most deadly drones and would not this country love to expand Mexican cartels armory if the cartels are directly attacked by the United States.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/02/deadly-cheap-and-widespread-how-iran-supplied-drones-are-changing-the-nature-of-warfare
Here is a link to the past history of cartels and drones-
https://greydynamics.com/narco-drones-the-use-of-drones-by-drug-cartels/
Go to the Russian war porn youtube sites and you will see the deadly consequences of drone attacks and how much damage can be inflicted for really a small price compared to conventional combat weaponry. The southern border of the United States could easily become a cauldron of destruction and violence without any easy defense from a drone attack. The chorus of the chants in the US to strike the cartels does not come without huge violent risks.
Yeah, these primitive drone bombs in Mexico may just be the beginning.
The US is apparently using military drones in Mexico, but the details have not been released. I can't help but wonder what kind of conflict cartel drones and US military drones might have?
Yeah, I havent seen what a drone versus drone fight looks like, but that is definitely next level warfare.
Here is another drone video on new technology now in use-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsz8b0E8Yc
Here you go-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDgyxQYFuJE
https://dronexl.co/2023/05/26/drone-on-drone-combat-ukraine-skies/
https://armourersbench.com/2023/07/16/dogfighting-drones-in-ukraine/
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/04/new-video-footage-shows-drones-killing-drones-over-ukraine/
The next link may give us a glimpse of what could happen on the US side of the border with US direct military escalation in Mexico.
https://my.mail.ru/inbox/san.roccia.lietto10/video/4/2740.html
Appreciated - crazy stuff...
It is sereal watching the evolution of this cartel conflict. From 2004 until now. When did the first car bombs or "viebeds" started to occur? Was it like 2010 in juarez? I believe the zetas first started utilizing them. Now it's Ariel drones.
Yeah, the first sizeable car bomb was the 2010 in Juarez as far as I know. Lucky they haven't such massive car bombs in some other conflicts like Colombia. But Mexico is plenty bloody enough...
Yeah it seems the only thing cartels in colombia had were car bombs. And hitmen on motorbikes not much else. You never saw technicals or "monstros" there. Maybe because it's terrain is too jungle for it
They love the motor cycle assassins in Colombia. They really invented the whole "sicario" concept as a mass killing machine as well...
You know its funny I actually like watching a retired Colombian army guy on youtube and he often likes reacting to the Mexican cartel conflict and he notes how the warfare in Mexico is very "urban" where as the war he's used to fighting is in the jungle against guerrillas. And he definitely Mentions that the Colombian cartels never developed the same type of "technicals" or any of the current tech the Mexican narcos have. They truly have evolved from the escobar days
I'll have to check that out...
His name is Mr jose. Mr jose reacciona
Which sucks for Mexico because it's a completely fucked situation right now sadly
Of course viebeds were used in iraq all the time by insurgents
interesting video. Gotta wonder if the Mexican military has the technology to counter armed drones? I somehow doubt it
Yeah, that is a good question. I guess they can shoot them down but do they have decent tech to find them.
Thanks. Looking forward to it!
Great video!
Thanks and all best there Yusuke. Back later in the week with the answers to your questions.