In this episode of Narco Talk, Mica Treviño investigates the growing presence of surveillance aircraft over Sinaloa and Durango—the heart of the Golden Triangle. From King Airs to Cessnas and even Mustangs, a new era of airborne intelligence is quietly shifting the balance of power in Mexico’s drug war. Mica shares personal insight from flying lessons and cartel-run flights across the region, offering a rare look at how governments track, watch, and strike from above.
Whether you’re deep into cartel geopolitics or just trying to understand the tech behind the headlines, this episode breaks it down with sharp reporting and lived experience from the field.
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If they were smart they would use:
Steel insulated shops
Insulated containers
Typical plastered house
Exhaust fans leading fumes through return duct for cooling extracted outside
Carbon Filters for smell
Water chillers on 2k gallon tanks
Any hot waste can be circled through tubing in tanks and discarded outside.
*zero heat trail
*zero smell
This would make it incognito for any facility instead of doing things outside with tarps.
You make a valid point. The tarp labs are not meant for long term use and to be left out.