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The Federal Aviation Administration barred all flights in the affected area Thursday, citing “special security reasons” in a notice that extends the restrictions through June 24. The order carves out exceptions for air ambulance and search-and-rescue missions that receive authorization from Joint Task Force–Southern Border.

Three senior House Democrats who oversee aviation and homeland security matters <a href="https://x.com/TransportDems/status/2027198549608317278?s=20">said</a> they were told the incident involved a Customs and Border Protection drone. Reps. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), Bennie Thompson(D-Miss.), and Andre Carson (D-Ind.) said in a joint statement that the Pentagon “reportedly shot down a Customs and Border Protection drone” and denounced what they described as a breakdown in coordination.

“We said MONTHS ago that the White House's decision to sidestep a bipartisan, tri-committee bill to appropriately train C-UAS operators and address the lack of coordination between the Pentagon, DHS and the FAA was a short-sighted idea,” the lawmakers wrote.

The shutdown near Fort Hancock—a community about 50 miles southeast of El Paso—comes on the heels of an airspace closure at El Paso International Airport earlier this month.

In that case, the FAA announced overnight that it would halt traffic at El Paso’s airport for 10 days for “special security reasons,” before backing off and reopening the airspace after roughly eight hours.

Larsen, Thompson, and Carson said in a joint statement Feb. 18 regarding that incident that they have requested a classified briefing on the El Paso shutdown, which they said stemmed from “the deployment of a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) last week.”

“…[T]here are conflicting reports on the cause for this abrupt airspace closure, ranging from an alleged ‘cartel drone incursion’ to a shoot-down of a party balloon,” the three ranking members wrote in their letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

They continued saying that “even more concerning” was that the DHS and DOD deployed this “complex” C-UAS technology without coordinating with the FAA, as required by law,  “[which] introduces unnecessary and dangerous risk into U.S. airspace.”

Duffy said the El Paso closure stemmed from a Mexican drug cartel’s drone intruding into U.S. airspace, even though such sightings typically trigger only brief pauses in traffic, not hours‑long airport shutdowns. Pentagon officials say more than 1,000 drone incursions occur along the southern border every month.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told senators in a closed‑door meeting that communication could have been handled better, but he declined to offer detailed answers on why the agency initially moved toward a 10‑day freeze in flights, lawmakers said. The surprise closure left planes from Southwest, United, and American Airlines stuck on the ground and interrupted medical evacuation operations overnight.

Local and federal officials complained they were blindsided. El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson said airport leaders, police, and other city authorities were not contacted before the airspace was shut, calling the episode something that “should have never happened,” he said at a news conference.

The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration, Ha Nguyen McNeill, also told Congress that she received no advance notice.​

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers in both parties have demanded answers. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan have pressed for a classified briefing, with Cruz saying “the details of what exactly occurred over El Paso are unclear.” Airline industry consultant Bob Mann was even more blunt: “FAA has not exactly acquitted itself credibly, objectively, or professionally,” he said, adding, “The question should be, do we get an explanation?”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said at a daily news conference her government was still trying to learn what happened in the El Paso case and had no information about drone activity along the border.

NTD News has contacted the FAA for further details. A White House spokesperson declined to comment and referred questions to the Department of War, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FAA.

<em>Reuters contributed to this report.</em>

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