Important Takeaways:

• The flight path of a US spy plane shows it conducted a mysterious mission over the Gulf of California in Mexico this week
• The aircraft appeared to stay in international airspace while operating near Mexico. It did not reach the end of the Gulf that is blocked by Mexico’s territorial sea.
• However, the area falls under the influence of the Sinaloa Cartel, a large and notorious drug trafficking organization.
• US-Mexico relations have remained strained due to continued drug smuggling and illegal immigration into the US.
• The flight has sparked speculations from the military collecting communications to US officials sending a message after Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico, allowing time for the country to secure its borders.
• An official told Air & Space Forces Magazine that the US was using the RC-135 to conduct ‘ISR flights,’ which gather information to support military operations off the coast of Mexico.

Read the original article by clicking here.