[drone-list] Drones y Mixico
Gregory Foster
gfoster at entersection.org
Sun Sep 16 13:38:09 PDT 2012
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)
ambushed an American embassy vehicle carrying two CIA operatives a few
weeks ago. It's been suggested that the FP are well infiltrated by the
drug cartels:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-mexico-shooting-idUSBRE87S19K20120830
Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus Co-Chair Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
suggested "using UAS to help Mexico fight drug cartels" at the
Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus Technology & Science Fair this past
week:
https://twitter.com/AUVSI/status/246272339183009793
Congressman Cuellar's brother happens to be the Sheriff of Laredo, which
is situated on the Texas border with Mexico. The Cuellars hosted a
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
actively working on a less-lethal weapons package for domestic use of
their drone. That came to light after Montgomery County Sheriffs acquired
a $300K Shadowhawk through a federal grant. According to the Texas
Observer article, the name of that grant program is Operation Stonegarden
(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
is part of the $831M FY2012 Homeland Security Grant Program:
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/government/grant/2012/fy12_hsgp_foa.pdf
gf
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