Overview

• Officials confirmed that a U.S. MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone flew over Piedras Negras and Valle de Bravo for two hours at Mexico’s request, marking the first public acknowledgment of such operations
• Opposition leaders in the Permanent Commission have demanded transparent legal grounds and a treaty-level agreement to govern extraditions and any foreign surveillance flights
• The U.S. Department of Justice on August 14 indicted Cártel de Los Reyes leaders El Güicho and Poncho La Quiringua on drug distribution and weapons charges, offering rewards of up to $5 million and $3 million respectively
• Secretary Omar García Harfuch reported that from October 1 to August 11 authorities seized 1,300 kilograms of narcotics, detained 3,258 people for high-impact crimes and arrested 214 extortionists in Quintana Roo
• Prosecutors are probing the U.S. detention of ex-Pemex director Carlos Treviño Medina amid conflicting claims over migration versus bribery charges, and the Veracruz Fiscalía has launched an investigation into the execution of prison director René Vergara