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Mexico cartel drones push a dangerous new arms race

Mexico’s largest criminal groups are adapting faster than the state. Reporting in Mexico on Monday warned that cartels are accelerating an arms race that now includes modified drones, improvised land mines, homemade mortars, heavier machine guns, and even 3D-printed components. The trend is being driven by three pressures at once: Mexico’s renewed security push, fiercer disputes between rival groups, and the prospect of a harder U.S. line that tr…

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