U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels
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"U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 3 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Apa.az, The Economist and nytimes.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (4)
- NY Times: US Moves 'Killer' Drones to Colombia, Ecuador Yahoo · 2h ago
- US sends MQ-9 Reaper drones from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador Apa.az · 8h ago
- The pointless war on “narco-terrorists” is growing more collaborative The Economist · 8h ago
- U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels nytimes.com · 8h ago
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