By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat
In three operations, Mexican security forces captured three criminals who used drones and explosives to extort local lime farmers, and seized a narco camp in Apatzingán, Michoacán. Apatzingán is the municipality with the highest number of IEDs in Mexico.
Just outside Apatzingán, in La Huerta, Secretariat of Public Security forces also located a destroyed a narco camp overlooking lime fields. In addition to finding hammocks, food, and a sack of a granular white material, which appears to be Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), a powerful synthetic explosive commonly used in mining.
Less than two kilometers away from the narco camp, security forces found 15 homemade IEDs made to be dropped from drones.
Michoacán is the IED capitol of Mexico, with the large majority of explosive usage and seizures.
Sources: La Voz de Michoacan, SSP MICHOACÁN Twitter, El Universal, Animal Politico, Acueducto Online, InSight Crime
There is a very easy and simple way to counter the threat of these drones with explosives. You do it with drone jammers. This is a device that basically disrupts the communication between the drone and it's operator. These devices are currently illegal in the U.S and Mexico but can be obtained through the black market. You can order one on the dark web and receive it in about ten days. The civilian population can demand that the politicians make it legal to own these devices or better yet supply the territories hard hit by drones with government issued drone jammers. Nuff Said!!!
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