Drug Surveillance Drones Frequent Flyers in Latin America
Source: New American Media
Drone aircraft are increasingly engaged in counterdrug missions over South American jungles and Mexican cities.
The drones represent the latest high-tech escalation of Latin America’s anti-drug efforts.
Unlike the U.S. military’s Predator drones used to shoot missiles at suspected terrorists in Pakistan’s tribal areas, the models known to be in use in Latin America limit their roles to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Latin America’s unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs- as drones are known in aviation circles- are not known to have flown armed missions.