A CNN visual analysis of hundreds of videos and state detection data reveals how cartels and criminal groups use drones to monitor US law enforcement and support suspected smuggling operations—and why authorities struggle to counter them. 0:00 Cartel drones are tracking US Border Patrol 1:20 How drones coordinate smuggling migrants across the border 3:01 The key problem law enforcement struggles against to stop drones 5:38 Explosives are being dropped from drones Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #Technology #Border #News
A 25-year-old El Paso man was arrested after deputies say he sped away from a traffic stop and crashed in the desert. Authorities allege Christian Esparza later told investigators he fled because he wanted to feel a “rush.” He has been charged with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. More: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
The United States Army's use of high-energy lasers and other anti-drone technology has led to a 75% drop in suspected cartel-linked unmanned aircraft around the U.S.-Mexico border. NewsNation's Ali Bradley reports on the technology and how it is affecting drone traffic in Texas. #drones #cartels #military Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
The military previously used jamming tools to send drones back to their place of origin, but can now eliminate a drone if it feels like a threat from a Mexican cartel.
Service members assigned to Joint Task Force Southern Border used the Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser system to stop three hostile, unmanned aircraft systems deemed a threat. They were believed to be linked to drug cartels.
An active-duty service member is speaking out after his wife was deported to Honduras. Sgt. Hedar Turcios's wife, Cristy Villafranca, was detained last month in El Paso, Texas, as she was driving home from Walmart with her husband and their daughter. Turcios, who recently completed a nine-month deployment to the Middle East, tells Erin Burnett that despite witnessing his wife's arrest, his commitment to the U.S. military remains unchanged. "I love what I do, and I want to keep doing it," he said.
Jesse Muñoz, chief patrol agent for Border Patrol's El Paso sector, tells Ali Bradley about the agency’s efforts to crackdown on border crossings. Citing new technology, Muñoz says he is confident almost “everything that crosses is being detected.” Watch this full episode of "Bradley on the Border": https://youtu.be/IIJDwovlGFQ #BorderPatrol #Juarez #cartels
In this episode of "Bradley on the Border," Bradley is down in El Paso, Texas, where U.S. and Mexican forces teamed up for a rapid-response border security operation. The binational exercise, led by the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso sector, included multiple U.S. federal agencies, and on the Mexican side, units from the National Guard and Army. The exercise included a CBP helicopter insertion and a coordinated patrol by the Mexican military across the border in Ciudad Juárez. This comes just weeks after the U.S. officially designated the Juárez Cartel — the cartel operating directly across the border from El Paso — as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.” Jesse Muñoz, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector chief in El Paso,…
