"Cartel drone threat" that shut El Paso's airport was a party balloon
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February 11, 2026
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The airspace shutdown over El Paso grounded every flight at the international airport and forced medevac planes to reroute 45 minutes to Las Cruces, New Mexico. The administration blamed Mexican cartel drones breaching U.S. — Read the rest
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