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First Posted: May 25, 2021 01:55 AM EDT Photo : Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Police in Mexico were attacked with weaponized drones from the Mexican drug cartels as they were in the middle of clearing blockades in El Aguaje in April. The attack has led to the growing fear that these weaponized drones pose another obstacle in the global fight against illegal drugs. Reports noted that the blockades were placed by organized crime groups who inhabited the area. El Aguaje lies in the west of Mexico and has become a known battleground for the Mexican drug cartels. According to the Courier-Jo...

Footnotes today. aleppo, syria, a young girl pulled from the rubble still alive after nearby air strikes killed at least 11 people. now new reports suggest isis is using weaponized drones in syria further complicating that seemingly endless civil war. catherine herridge is live in washington with more. >> thank you. over the weekend isis used drones armed with grenades against iraqi forces and two leading security firms have issued reports warning about the widespread use of drones and the implications for western security. growing evidence that isis is deploying weaponized drones on the battl...

Gray area and we have to close that gray area down, make it very, very clear that we need to respect the fourth amendment. >> there are a lot of concerns about drones anyway. when you talk about drones actually being able to taser somebody, or shoot rubber bullets, there i think are two concerns primarily that come up with the public. one is, drone snooping. and two is the accuracy of using a weaponized drone. do you know if this sheriff's department is going to have any sort of operational training in terms of trying to use one -- utilize one of those drones and do you know if the two drones ...

The prohibition on nonlethal was removed. so, it didn't legalize it because it was technically already legal because there was nothing in the statute. and presumably, the other states in the nation also have nothing on statute, and therefore the weaponization of drones would be legal in other states. our attempt was to be the first state to make it completely illegal. >> illegal, right. we know the faa has a ban on weaponized drones but only on civilian operations. police departments fall under governmental operations. have you had any conversations with anyone from the faa about this? >> no. ...

Authorized by the state house committee to amend it. the original author not happy, telling the daily beast this is one i'm not in full agreement with. in my opinion, there should be a nice red line, drones should not be weaponized, period. the man behind that original bill, representative rick besser with us now. thank you so much for being with us. i was reading that grand forks county sheriff bob ross says he opposed your version of the bill because it required a warrant. he argues that he needs to use the drones for surveillance to obtain that warrant. do you accept or recognize that need?...