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Markwayne Mullin: “Mexican drug cartel drones were flying inside the airspace.”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published February 11, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:40

What happened in El Paso, Senator? Well, I haven't fully read in on this, but I was, I was slightly briefed. Essentially, as you said, the Mexican drug cartel drones were flying inside the airspace. We had to reposition some assets. We had that, that we could prevent those drones from coming over the border. They weren't coming in from the United States, they were coming in from Juarez. (15:40–15:47)

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Asserts that Mexican drug cartel drones were flying in U.S. airspace.

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