The drone flights were reported Tuesday by the New York Times as a Central Intelligence Agency program aimed at locating fentanyl labs in northwestern Mexico. The flights follow U.S. military statements that it had increased surveillance capabilities along the countries\u2019 shared border. The CIA declined to comment in response to questions about the drone flights.<\/div>\n
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Mexico\u2019s Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla addressed the flights by U.S. military planes last week, saying that they had not entered Mexican airspace, but that he couldn\u2019t rule out they were spying because he didn\u2019t know what they were doing.<\/p>\n
Sheinbaum on Wednesday presented a more detailed explanation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese flights are part of the coordination \u2026 collaborations that have been going on for many years, between the United States government and the Mexican government,\u201d Sheinbaum said at her daily press briefing. \u201cEvery time it is at Mexico\u2019s request for collaboration, for information to be able to attend to security conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the information gathered was shared with Mexican authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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