ILIA CALDERON: The CIA has expanded its secret drone flights over Mexican territory to combat the flow of drugs. This has been reported by CNN and by The New York Times. This is the first time that the existence of this program has been revealed in Mexico. Sarai Méndez has the reactions.
SARAI MÉNDEZ: The president of Mexico Claudia Shenbaum downplayed the alleged overflights made in Mexican territory by CIA drones.
REPORTER: Regarding the CIA drones that are flying over Mexican airspace...
CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM: That’s also part of this little campaign...
MÉNDEZ: According to CNN and The New York Times, The United States has intensified secret drone flights over Mexico in order to detect fentanyl laboratories, as part of the new Trump administration's campaign against Mexican drug cartels.
President Trump today was asked about this program.
REPORTER: What can you tell us about the CIA drone flights over Mexico? Is this the next step in the war against the cartels?
DONALD TRUMP: Well, we’re going to see. (VIDEO SWIPE) I think Mexico’s largely run by the cartels and that’s a sad thing to say. If they wanted help with that, we’d give them help.