Cartel operated surveillance cameras in Mexican city

BRAZEN CARTELS: Mexican soldiers removing illegal security cameras placed by organised crime groups to monitor the activities of security forces in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Authorities removed 39 cameras in the city. EPA/Tamaulipas Coordination Group handout

MEXICO CITY: A drug cartel installed 39 surveillance cameras in a Mexican city bordering the United States to monitor the movements of residents and security forces, authorities said. 

It underlines the pervasiveness of Mexico’s powerful drug cartels, who have eyes and ears in towns and cities across the country thanks to human “halcones,” or hawks, who act as lookouts and relay information to the gangs.