international terrorists. Last month, in a sharp break from past assessments, the U.S. intelligence community’s annual briefing on national security threats put narcotrafficking at the top of the list. Multiple reports indicated that the CIA was stepping up surveillance drone flights deep into Mexican cartel-dominated territory.
All these actions have raised questions about whether U.S. unilateral drone strikes or special operations raids against the cartels would soon follow.
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