The CIA has been flying MQ9 Reaper drones over Mexico to help sniff out dangerous cartels and fentanyl laboratories, in partnership with the country's government.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The CIA is expanding a covert program using drones to spy on drug cartels in Mexico. The program is designed to hunt down fentanyl labs and reduce the influx of illegal drugs coming across the southern border. Though the public is just learning about this drone program now, it began under the Biden Administration.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KGNS) - Sources say the CIA is flying covert drone missions over Mexico to watch drug cartels, as part of a plan by the Trump administration to treat these cartels as terrorist groups. The drones are not armed but can carry equipment for precision strikes if needed.