US sends ‘hunter-killer’ drones to South America to target cartels

An MQ9 remotely piloted aircraft at the 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard base in Syracuse, N.Y., July 19, 2012. In a sign of the Trump administration’s new focus on combating Latin American cartels, the U.S. military has moved a number of MQ-9 Reaper drones from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador, U.S. officials said. (Heather Ainsworth/The New York Times) By ANNIE CORREAL and ERIC SCHMIDT In a sign of the Trump administration’s new focus on combating Latin American cartels,…

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