Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that surveillance drone flights by the U.S. government over Mexico are occurring in collaboration with and at the request of her government. They come as U.

The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.

Mexico’s president said Wednesday that U.S. drone flights were part of a collaboration that has existed for years between the two countries, after U.S. media reported increased cross-border aerial surveillance of drug cartels.

Mexico's president said US drone flights were part of a preexisting collaboration after reports of increased cross-border aerial surveillance of drug cartels.