The Mexican army has confirmed that drug cartel-operated bomb-dropping drones have killed soldiers in the western state of Michoacan. Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval did not provide exact figures on the number of casualties suffered in the attacks. Sandoval stated that attacks targeted patrol units and included over 260 drone-bomb incidents in 2023 alone. He mentioned that personnel have suffered wounds, and some troops have died in the attacks.
The Jalisco cartel, known for equipping drones with metal bomb casings, has turned the region into a warzone with IEDs, trenches, and armored vehicles. The army continues to encounter more road-side bombs than drone-dropped ones. The only other reported cartel bomb attacks took place back in August 2023.
