The unmanned aircraft belonged to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Lawmakers were informed that the Pentagon had deployed a laser-based counter-drone system in the border region — an area that frequently experiences drone activity linked to Mexican drug cartels.
In a joint statement, the Pentagon, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and CBP confirmed that the military used a “counter-unmanned aircraft system … to mitigate a seemingly threatening unmanned aerial system operating within military airspace.”
