Judicial Watch: Drones Used for Drug Smuggling and Border Surveillance

Drone Smuggling Operations

• ✈️ Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized drones transporting methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl across U.S. borders.
• 🇨🇦 In one incident, a DJI M300 drone originating in the U.S. landed in Canada for 10 minutes before returning, where agents apprehended the pilot and others, seizing drugs, drones, and cash.
• 🇺🇸 Another report details a drone incursion in California where agents observed a drone drop a package of methamphetamine, leading to the arrest of two U.S. citizens.
• 🇲🇽 Evidence shows drones originating from Mexico carrying substances consistent with cocaine and fentanyl have also been intercepted.

Drone Surveillance and Border Threats

• 🔍 Judicial Watch uncovered records detailing drug cartels using drones for surveillance of U.S. law enforcement and security operations.
• 📈 Over 9,000 drone flights into U.S. airspace were conducted by Mexican cartels in a single year to surveil Border Patrol, Texas Department of Public Safety, and other agencies.
• 🛰️ Drones captured intelligence on the activities of federal, state, and local law enforcement near the Mexican border.
• ⚠️ The use of drones for smuggling and surveillance is described as a form of "drone warfare" and a grave threat to U.S. sovereignty.

Administration and Transparency

• ⏳ Judicial Watch obtained these records through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed two years prior, highlighting potential delays by the Biden administration.
• 🏛️ The documents dramatically confirm that the Biden administration allowed drug cartels to engage in military-like drone campaigns against the United States.
• 📰 The speaker criticizes the media for pretending to be outraged by these developments, suggesting they are not reporting the full extent of the border crisis.
• 🚨 The speaker implies that the Trump administration's actions, such as deploying the military, were necessary to secure the border against these threats.