Mexican drug cartels are using drones to monitor US border agents and coordinate the illegal crossing of migrants, the El Universal newspaper reported, citing Gerardo Gutierrez, a spokesman for the US Border Patrol in San Diego. The media stated that criminal organizations and cartels are now working together, monitoring from the air the routes and work schedules of American border guards to wait for the right moment to illegally enter US territory. With the help of these devices and mobile phones, smugglers change the migrants' routes, warn them of the approach of border agents and guide them to meeting points.

Mexican drug cartels are using drones to monitor US border agents and coordinate the illegal crossing of migrants, the El Universal newspaper reported, citing Gerardo Gutierrez, a spokesman for the US Border Patrol in San Diego. The media stated that criminal organizations and cartels are now working together, monitoring from the air the routes and work schedules of American border guards to wait for the right moment to illegally enter US territory. With the help of these devices and mobile phones, smugglers change the migrants' routes, warn them of the approach of border agents and guide them to meeting points.