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Number of Drone Incidents in Mexico and Colombia, 2021-May 2025

Note: Data as of May 2025 includes all instances of political violence perpetrated by a nonstate armed group involving the use of one or more drones.
Source: Data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). Adapted from Henry Ziemer, "Illicit Innovation: Latin America Is Not Prepared to Fight Criminal Drones," CSIS, Commentary, June 11, 2025, https://www.csis.org/analysis/illicit-innovation-latin-america-not-prepared-fight-criminal-drones. Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper