Overview

• Ukraine’s SSU and SBU have launched probes and begun expelling suspected Mexican and Colombian cartel members who used falsified documents to join volunteer units.
• Private security firms such as Protección Ejecutiva Maya and Grupo ROKA Seguridad are under investigation for allegedly facilitating cartel travel and documentation.
• A former Mexican special forces soldier known as “Águila-7” completed advanced FPV drone training in Lviv under a false identity, highlighting the scheme’s sophistication.
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security official Steven Willoughby has urged expansion of counter-drone defenses along the southern border in response to the threat.
• Security experts caution that returning operatives may employ low-cost FPV drones for surveillance, trafficking and targeted attacks in Latin America.