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With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War
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With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War
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With Drones and I.E.D.s, Mexico’s Cartels Adopt Arms of Modern War

By Paulina Villegas

Visuals by Adriana Zehbrauskas

Reporting from Michoacán, in western Mexico

Sept. 1, 2025

Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexico’s most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones.


A hole left by a drone-dropped bomb in the roof of a home in El Guayabo, in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán.


The explosions began before dawn, shaking the ground and rattling windows in the darkness. With them, residents said, came the telltale buzz of drones.

“We knew the devil was coming,” said Ana, a mother of six who grabbed her children and ran as gunmen moved in to do battle.

Weeks later, her town still bore scars. Holes were blasted into roofs where drones had dropped bombs. Craters gaped where land mines had exploded. Spent .50-caliber shells glinted in the dirt.


The clash was not in a war zone of Ukraine...

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