🇺🇸🇲🇽️ — The Mexican drug cartels are recruiting people with experience from the war in Ukraine and sending their representatives to the Ukrainian front to gain skills in operating drones.

🇺🇸🇲🇽️ — The Mexican drug cartels are recruiting people with experience from the war in Ukraine and sending their representatives to the Ukrainian front to gain skills in operating drones.

This was reported by the "Washington Post", which quoted American and Mexican officials.

The focus is mainly on Colombian citizens. According to the publication, the cartels offer high sums of money to experts returning from Ukraine and involve them in training drone operators in Mexico.

Some people associated with the cartels are sent to war under annual contracts.

The US State Department said it was discussing with Kyiv measures to reduce the risk of combat skills being transferred to criminal groups.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense considers the problem limited. The ministry said that foreigners undergo checks, and that "not many" come with criminal intentions.