The United States is using Israeli surveillance drones to help patrol its border with Mexico. The Israeli firm Elbit Systems said Wednesday that a subsidiary, the Texas-based EFW Inc., was providing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection with an unspecified number of Hermes-450 unmanned air vehicles.
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