SAN ANTONIO – This week, law enforcement authorities in the United States and Mexico participated in coordinated law enforcement operations seeking to identify individuals lasing aircraft along the U.S. - Mexico border from Del Rio, TX/Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila to Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras.
During multiple evening operations over a three-day period, aircraft operated by the Texas National Guard flying near Del Rio and Eagle Pass, TX were repeatedly hit by laser pointers from the ground. On Oct. 20, 2020, Mexican law enforcement, in coordination with U.S. law enforcement, determined one of the laser beams originated from Ciudad Acuña. Thereafter, Fiscalia Coahuila Criminal ...