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Pedro Camacho

Cartel Drones Carrying Explosives Mark New Concern Near Texas Border: Report

A US Border Patrol agent from the Big Bend Sector demonstrates the use of a drone to detect undocumented migrants near the Marfa checkpoint in Texas, United States, on November 3, 2025. (Credit: Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP) (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Border Patrol agents near Presidio, Texas, have been warned about increased activity by a Sinaloa Cartel faction that allegedly uses drones to move explosives across the U.S.-Mexico border, according to NewsNation.

The warning followed the arrest Monday of two Mexican nationals carrying assault rifles near the Rio Grande. The men said they worked as cartel scouts for the Cabrera faction of the Sinaloa Cartel and had left their posts because they lacked food and payment.

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