From gfoster@entersection.org Fri Jul 6 02:40:04 2018 From: Gregory Foster To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: [drone-list] Drones y Mixico Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:40:04 +0000 Message-ID: <172289276320.3881296.9747481986612216462.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2539673559065205275==" --===============2539673559065205275== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Mexico Federal Police parade their drones: https://twitter.com/EstadoMayor_MX/status/247392289574486017/photo/1 Worth remembering that a contingent of the Mexico Federal Police (FP) =20 ambushed an American embassy vehicle carrying two CIA operatives a few =20 weeks ago. It's been suggested that the FP are well infiltrated by the =20 drug cartels: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-mexico-shooting-idUSBRE87S19K201= 20830 Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus Co-Chair Henry Cuellar (D-TX) =20 suggested "using UAS to help Mexico fight drug cartels" at the =20 Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus Technology & Science Fair this past=20 week: https://twitter.com/AUVSI/status/246272339183009793 Congressman Cuellar's brother happens to be the Sheriff of Laredo, which =20 is situated on the Texas border with Mexico. The Cuellars hosted a =20 demonstration of the Vanguard Defense Industries Shadowhawk in July. http://www.texasobserver.org/lalinea/now-laredo-wants-a-drone-too Montgomery County-based Vanguard is the only company I've observed that is=20 actively working on a less-lethal weapons package for domestic use of =20 their drone. That came to light after Montgomery County Sheriffs acquired=20 a $300K Shadowhawk through a federal grant. According to the Texas=20 Observer article, the name of that grant program is Operation Stonegarden=20 (OPSG). http://www.fema.gov/fy-2012-homeland-security-grant-program#3 OPSG is funded to the tune of $46M in FY2012, down from $60M in 2009, and=20 is part of the $831M FY2012 Homeland Security Grant Program: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/government/grant/2012/fy12_hsgp_foa.pdf gf --=20 Gregory Foster || gfoster(a)entersection.org @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click abov= e) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator = in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============2539673559065205275==--