{"id":9515,"date":"2025-02-05T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=9515"},"modified":"2025-02-05T16:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:22:26","slug":"texas-house-republican-says-us-could-use-drones-against-cartels-to-save-american-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=9515","title":{"rendered":"Texas House Republican says US could use drones against cartels to \u2018save American lives\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-1.jpg 577w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3-1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas), co-chair of the Border Security Caucus, said on Tuesday the United States \u201ccould\u201d use drones against the cartels if it meant saving American lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NewsNation reported this weekend that cartels have authorized the use of weaponized drone explosives against border patrol agents and other U.S. law enforcement at the southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview Tuesday on NewsNation\u2019s \u201cThe Hill,\u201d anchor Blake Burman asked Babin whether he thinks the situation \u201cgets to the point where drones from the U.S. are used against the cartels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt certainly could. I\u2019m not saying it will,\u201d Babin responded, noting that the U.S. knows where the drug labs are and where \u201ca lot of these bad guys live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt could come down to that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babin said he was grateful President Trump had designated the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, saying \u201call is fair\u201d when countering groups with that designation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hill on NewsNation: Ali Bradley Says Cartels Using Weaponized Drones At Southern Border<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverything\u2019s on the table, and we could absolutely take that type of action against them, to save American lives, to save our property, to save our sovereignty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas), co-chair of the Border Security Caucus, said on Tuesday the United States \u201ccould\u201d use drones against the cartels if it meant saving American lives. 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