The CIA under President Donald Trump has been covertly flying MQ-9 Reaper drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels, current and former officials familiar with the matter told CNN, part of Trump’s dramatic reorientation of national security assets to the US southern border.

The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.

To combat drug cartels, the CIA is ramping up secret drone flights over Mexico, The New York Times reported Tuesday. This ‘covert’ drone program began under the Biden administration and has not previously been disclosed,

The U.S. is ramping up its drone flights over Mexico as the Trump administration is working to dismantle violent foreign drug cartels, according to U.S. officials.

The CIA is expanding secret drone flights over Mexico to hunt for fentanyl labs, according to the New York Times. New York Times investigative correspondent Maria Abi-Habib and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro join José Díaz-Balart to explain more.