Sign of Enhanced U.S.-Mexico Cooperation?
The Mazatlán Area Control Center informed the National Center for Airspace Surveillance and Protection (CENAVI) that it detected a flight 83 km southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur. It is a United States Air Force plane that was seen flying over the airspace near the coast of Baja California Sur, this Monday, February 3; This was confirmed by the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA).
This occurred while the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, visited Texas this Monday in order to have border security reports.
Hegseth received briefings from the US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command on "national defense and security priorities on the southern border."
“It was an honor to meet the troops who are dedicated to protecting our southern border, they are the backbone of our nation's security,” said the United States Secretary of Defense.
According to the platform specialized in real-time commercial flight tracking, Flightradar 24, it is a Boeing RC135-V Rivet Joint aircraft, which has intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.
The plane's route took it to the middle of the Gulf of California, off the coasts of Sinaloa and Baja California Sur, and then returned to US territory, surrounding the half peninsula.
This could have carried out the maneuver as part of the new cooperation between both countries.
Rick Francona retired intelligence officer of the United States Air Force “This could be part of the new cooperation between the United States and Mexico (Trump-Sheinbaum) against the drug cartels.”
