Non-Manned US Space Program
- The Secretary of Citizen Security and Protection of Mexico, Omar García Harfuch, said that an unmanned US plane flew on Wednesday over the State of Mexico - in...
- They are unmanned aircraft that fly at the specific request of the Mexican government, they specifically fly in support and collaboration for investigations that we have in our...
- "In this case, (the unmanned plane) is flying the area of Tejupilco and other areas of the State of Mexico, but it is at the request of our...
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The Secretary of Citizen Security and Protection of Mexico, Omar García Harfuch, said that an unmanned US plane flew on Wednesday over the State of Mexico – in the center of the country – in order to collaborate in unspecified investigations.
“It is not a military plane, it is not a military drone. They are unmanned aircraft that fly at the specific request of the Mexican government, they specifically fly in support and collaboration for investigations that we have in our country,” commented García Harfuch at a press conference this Wednesday.
“In this case, (the unmanned plane) is flying the area of Tejupilco and other areas of the State of Mexico, but it is at the request of our country,” he added.
The State of Mexico is the entity of the country where more crimes have been registered so far from 2025. Until last June, it accumulated 179,150 crimes in the registry (that is, almost 2 out of 10 crimes committed in the country occur there), According to official figures. In addition, is one of the states that have a travel alert from the US Department of State for “terrorism, crime and kidnapping.”
According to the website specialized in flight tracking Flightradar24the aircraft in question is an MQ-9B, which took off from the San Angelo Regional Airport, in Texas, around 4 am on Wednesday.
The MQ-9B is an unmanned plane for military use developed by the General Atomics Company Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI). The aircraft has two models, Skyguardian and Seguardian, and both are part of the military flotilla of unmanned planes in the United States, With the ability to carry armament.
“The MQ-9B is the ideal platform for implementing aerial launch effects on potentially hostile environments. The combination of scope, resistance, less need for personnel and general flexibility of the MQ-9B will make it a key piece of the future family of unnimolored unnimolored aircraft systems of the US Air Force of the US Air Force”, pointed out GA-ASI in March 2023, when the Air Force became the first American aircraft buyer Skyguardian.
The Seguardian model It was incorporated to the activities of the US Navy in April 2021.
The predecessor model of the MQ-9B, known as MQ-9 Repaer, opera in the United States Air Force since October 2007.