A recently released video by Jaeson Jones, a reporter and retired Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) captain, revealed the moment a group of Los Chapitos hitmen fired at a drone upon noticing it they were being watched.
Elements of the border patrol were monitoring the region that divides the Mexican state of Sonora with Arizona when they found what appeared to be a camp of the armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel .
From what is perceptible in the recording, there were around 10 subjects, of different ages, in civilian clothes, their faces covered, and weapons at their disposal. At one point, when they noticed the presence of the drone, the hitmen took their radios to notify their superiors of the situation.
Moments later, with rifles such as an AK-47, they began to shoot against the unmanned aerial system (Unmanned Aerial System, in English). During the 49-second duration of the video, at least four shots were heard. However, they apparently failed to hit him or cause him any damage.
“He’s just a boy!” one of the US agents can be heard saying when he observes one of the armed hit men from Los Chapitos.
Approximate location of the Los Chapitos camp. (Google Maps)
By one of the coordinates that can be seen on the drone’s radar, the point where the criminal group had set up its base is in the municipality of Sáric , just over 300 meters from the border. Specifically, they were at the top of a mountain in the middle of the desert.
Although the date on which the images were captured does not appear in the video, the material was presented by Jaeson Jones on January 16, 2023 on the Newsmax newscast , for which he is a contributor.