# Are Cartel Drone Operators Training on the Ukraine Frontlines? Katarina Szulc Investigates

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Podcast: [Borderland: Dispatches with Katarina Szulc](https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc-7338689)
Published: 2026-07-10T22:54:00+00:00
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## Resource

On the latest Borderland: Dispatches film, Katarina Szulc travels to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine to investigate reports that Mexican cartel sicarios and operatives are traveling to Ukraine to learn FPV drone combat. Borderland: Dispatches is an IRONCLAD Original Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:42) Mexico's cartels infiltrate Ukraine's foreign fighter program (00:04:53) Meeting a volunteer 3D-printing bombs (00:09:39) The four layers of background checks (00:12:17) The case of "Aguilar Siete" (00:17:54) Mexico's escalating cartel drone attacks SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/borderland-dispatches-with-katarina-szulc/id1814920364 SUBSCRIBE ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EvQ4S8NnDqqSdCRhZvPaI?si=ea91d3147b6b46bc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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