EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Binational cooperation has resulted in the arrest of smugglers using drones to monitor U.S. Border Patrol movement and guide migrants past the U.S. border wall in El Paso and New Mexico.
“Transnational criminal organizations are using drones as scouting strategy to evade detection, but Border Patrol agents remain vigilant and adaptive, staying ahead of emerging threats,” Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good, of the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector, posted on X on Friday.
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A Sept. 12 arrest took place in the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez, Mexico. It is an area known by authorities on both sides of the border as a staging point for migrant smuggling into the desert and mountains of southern New Mexico.
The Mexican army (SEDENA) and officers with the Chihuahua state police detained the individual but it is not known if they seized the drone.
