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The Fox News Rundown

Evening Edition: Cartels Using Drones To Smuggle Drugs And People

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

U.S. Border Patrol agents captured a Mexican cartel drone flying on the U.S. side of our Southwest border that was leading migrants across the border. It is another sign of how technically advanced human and drug smuggling operations have become. FOX's Eben Brown spoke with Ronald Vitiello, former Deputy Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who says the cartels have no operating restrictions, especially with the current Mexican government in power. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Janice Dean.

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I'm David Asman.

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I'm Dana Perino and this is the Fox News rundown.

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Monday, February 13th, 2023, I'm Evan Brown.

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The U.S. battles with the drug cartels along the Mexican border are tough enough.

0:17.9

But what happens when they match our capabilities?

0:21.2

U.S. law enforcement encountered a drone used by drug runners flying over the borderline.

0:26.3

It's dangerous from a number of point of view, but obviously they're using these drones

0:30.8

to do counter surveillance against law enforcement authorities and to smuggle things into the United

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States.

0:37.3

This is the Fox News rundown, the evening edition.

0:44.4

From the Fox News Podcasts Network, I'm Ben Dominech, Fox News contributor and editor

0:49.2

of the transom.com daily newsletter and I'm inviting you to join a conversation every

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week.

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It's the Ben Dominech Podcast.

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Subscribe and listen now by going to FoxNewsPodcasts.com.

0:59.8

Fox News cameras were rolling when U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley of

1:04.3

Texas intercepted a drone, how believed to have been operated by drug cartel members.

1:10.5

It originated in Mexico and flew across the U.S. Mexico border and they've shared the

1:15.7

drone footage and show that the drone was not on a joyride but engaged in surveillance

1:21.4

of U.S. efforts to secure the southern border.

1:24.5

They have enormous resources.

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