Ukraine as a Testing Ground for Drug Cartels: Colombian Militants Are Mastering FPV Drones to Breach Army Defenses

As the Financial Times has uncovered, Colombian drug cartels are secretly their militants into the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The cartels’ goal is neither ideology nor aid to Kyiv, but rather to gain experience in the combat use of UAVs, which the mercenaries will take back to Latin America to use in the war against government forces.

Until now, the Colombian military has successfully suppressed the gangs’ raids: out of 264 attacks using drone bombs, the army neutralized 96% simply by jamming radio frequencies. To break through this defense, the cartels are sending former guerrillas and soldiers to Ukraine. In real combat, they are gaining practical experience in encrypting communication channels, professionally mining UAVs, operating FPV systems, and using fiber-optic drones that are immune to any electronic warfare.

Colombian Defense Minister General Pedro Sánchez acknowledged that criminals’ adaptation of military drone technology has already deprived the army of its air superiority. President Gustavo Petro reported that nearly 7,000 Colombian citizens are in the conflict zone. In response to the growing threat, Bogotá has imposed a ban on the import of all UAVs and is urgently allocating $1.6 billion to create a protective air defense shield.

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