The flight path of an American espionage aircraft shows that this week it has carried out a mysterious mission about the Gulf of California in Mexico.
The US Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint Reconnaissance Aircraft has sustained tracking data from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Monday and flew to the southwest to California.
The Rivet Joint then went south along the west coast of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, moved to the north to the Gulf of California and returned to the base on Tuesday.
The plane seemed to stay in international airspace while operating near Mexico. It did not reach the end of the wave that is blocked by the territorial sea of ​​Mexico.
However, the area falls under the influence of the Sinaloa cartel, a large and notorious drug trafficking organization.
Relations between the US and Mexico have remained tense by continuous drug smuggling and illegal immigration to the US.
The flight has discussed speculations from military collected communication to American officials who have sent a message after Trump has agreed to a 30-day break about his tariff threats against Mexico, making the country time to protect its limits.
An official told the Air & Space Forces magazine that the US used the RC-135 to carry out 'ISR flights' that collect information to support military operations off the coast of Mexico.
A US Spy plane left its home base in Nebraska on Monday, flew to the southwest to California and then went south along the west coast of Baja California before moving to the north to the Gulf of California. The mission extended to Tuesday and its purpose is still unclear
It is not yet clear what the purpose of the flight was, but the war zone speculated that the spy aircraft is able to detect and intercept communication on the northwestern territory of Mexico.
The US Air Force describes the Spy plane as supporting consumers of the theater and national level with almost real-time collection, analysis and distribution of information on the scene. '
The interior offers space for more than 30 people, including the cockpit team, electronic warfare officers, intelligence operators and maintenance technicians during the flight.
It is designed to 'detect, identify and ouulate' signals and offers on -site information collection, analysis and distribution.
When the Pentagon first announced the deportation flights on January 22, a high military officer suggested that high-end intelligence collection aircraft (such as the RC-135) could be involved.
“There could be some extra support assets in the air information that would go to the border to increase situational consciousness,” said the civil servant.
But the flight card won the plane that rose over the Sinaloa cartel area and added more mystery to the mission.
The Sinaloa cartel is considered one of the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the western hemisphere, mainly involved in human trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and heroin in the US.
The US Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint Reconnaissance Aircraft is designed to detect, identify and display electronic signals, so that in the vicinity of real-time information data (stock) is supplied almost real-time (stock)
Police officers take security measures while people participate in 'A Day Without Immigrants' Mars and protest on massive deportations in the center of Los Angeles, California, on 3 February
The rise of drugs in America led Trump to place 25 percent rates on import from Mexico, and said it was necessary to prevent illegal immigrants and narcotic drugs from crossing the line.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum later agreed to send 10,000 members of the National Guard to the border to prevent drug trafficking from Mexico.
In exchange, the US has committed itself to work to prevent the actions from weapons to Mexico, according to Sheinbaum, who characterized the conversation of the two leaders on Monday as well.
Trump issued a break on Monday after Mexico took those steps.
During his first few days in office, Trump signed an executive order that the Gulf of Mexico renamed as the Gulf of America “as recognition for this thriving economic resource and its crucial importance for the economy of our nation,” says the Order.
US Marine Corps that were used on the southern border in San Diego will strengthen the border wall on 5 February. In general, more than 2,000 extra troops have now been ordered to support border security efforts by the Pentagon
He has already taken steps to implement the mass deportations that he promised on the campaign track.
After this national wave of arrests, said Pers Secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, on Tuesday the first flights without paper immigrants from the US to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba were underway.
Earlier today, the Ministry of Defense (DOD) announced that 10 illegal immigrants with a high threat had arrived yesterday in Guantánamo Bay and are currently housed in vacant detention facilities.
The American Northern Command, a DOD command with a responsibility area that covers Mexico, said on Tuesday that 140 American military intelligence staff and 500 soldiers were assigned to the command as part of the Southern Border Mission.
In general, more than 2,000 extra troops have now been ordered to support border security efforts by the Pentagon, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported.
Dailymail.com has contacted the American Northern Command and the Mexican embassy in Washington DC for comment.
