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“Cartel drone threat” that shut El Paso’s airport was a party balloon

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 11, 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on ‘Fox & Friends’

The Pentagon’s new high-energy laser works great against party balloons.

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. airspace. …

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