Wave of ‘Narco chemical terrorism’ as cartel may soon ‘drop fentanyl from drones’

A terrifying wave of “narco chemical weapons terrorism” is emerging in Mexico as one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels has adopted the use of chemical explosives.

Earlier this month it emerged members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) had dropped chemical agents from drones in Coahuayana, a municipality in the state of Michoacán.

The Apatzingán Human Security Observatory said more than 100 cartel gunmen used “high-powered weapons” as well as “explosive bombs of C4 and asphyxiant chemicals with drones” to take control of local communities.

The chemicals reportedly caused asphyxiation and itching. Several locals and six community police officers suffered the adverse effects.

Security expert Dr Robert J Bunker, director of research and analysis at C/O Futures, told the Daily Star the CJNG’s use of chemical agents in this way is “new/unique”. “It raises the terror level for the locals bombed,” he explained.

Dr Bunker said the CJNG’s continued innovation in terms of weapons capabilities raises the possibility of more terrifying developments. He said: “In the past we have only seen IEDs [improvised explosive devices] strapped on drones and IED bomblets utilised. If the CJNG keeps experimenting we may even see stand-off rockets, multiple bomblets on a drone being dropped (as we have seen in Syria and Ukraine) or possibly even firearms placed on drones.”

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