A remote-controlled drone flew over the border fence from Mexico, heading for San Ysidro, while a Border Patrol agent listened and watched. Ten minutes later, federal authorities had busted what they say is their first confirmed case of drug smuggling by drone in San Diego County. He said he usually turned the drugs over to a man at a San Ysidro gas station, pocketing $1,000 on delivery. Repard writes for the San Diego Union-TribuneALSODark Web drug network operated from gated community in Altadena, feds sayWhat does it take to secure a border? Lessons from the wall dividing San Diego and TijuanaICE in San Diego on pace to deport fewer people than last year, most without a criminal record

Source: Los Angeles Times August 19, 2017 15:33 UTC