Report: Cartels Send Operatives to Ukraine to Train in Drone Warfare

A training site hidden in a crumbling factory in western Ukraine has become a testing ground for the future of drone warfare by alleged members of Mexican cartels, according to a French news outlet.

The site, known as the Kill House Academy, has a reputation for producing some of Ukraine’s best unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, pilots. But investigators say it has also attracted a different kind of recruit.

Among recent trainees was a pilot known as Aguila 7 or Eagle 7, who is allegedly a Mexican former special-forces soldier who joined Ukraine’s International Legion.

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