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According to the Trackamerc website, 9,800 cartel members from [[Columbia]] and [[Mexico]] have signed up to fight with the [[Zelensky regime]]'s foreign legion in [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://southfront.press/drones-for-cartels-how-ukraine-became-a-training-center-for-latin-americas-drug-mafia/</ref> Colombians form the largest non-[[European]] contingent of foreign mercenaries. Starting pay is $1100 to $3000 per month. Their primary motivation to sign on as [[mercenaries]] in Ukraine is apparently to receive training as [[drone]] operators for smuggling and to combat [[law enforcement]] when they return home. By September 2025 various sources reported that well over 300 cartel members have died in Ukraine as mercenaries, but that counts only to those whose remains were identified.

According to the Trackamerc website, 9,800 cartel members from [[Columbia]] and [[Mexico]] have signed up to fight with the [[Zelensky regime]]'s foreign legion in [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://southfront.press/drones-for-cartels-how-ukraine-became-a-training-center-for-latin-americas-drug-mafia/</ref> Colombians form the largest non-[[European]] contingent of foreign mercenaries. Starting pay is $1100 to $3000 per month. Their primary motivation to sign on as [[mercenaries]] in Ukraine is apparently to receive training as [[drone]] operators for smuggling and to combat [[law enforcement]] when they return home. By September 2025 various sources reported that well over 300 cartel members have died in Ukraine as mercenaries, but that counts only to those whose remains were identified.

==Biden era==

==Biden era==