Since late January, the United States has conducted multiple drone and spy plane surveillance missions along the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to gather intel on Mexican drug cartels, as both the Trump and Sheinbaum administrations carry out an offensive against the criminal organizations.
But according to a U.S. official, drone flights over Mexico could be a sign of future strikes. Todd Zimmerman, the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) special agent in Mexico City said in an interview that the decision taken by the Trump administration to label cartels as terrorist organizations was a pointed message to their leadership that a possible military intervention remains on the table.
