EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A man was arrested this week in Juarez for using a drone over the border wall to monitor Border Patrol agents, according to Chihuahua’s State Secretary of Public Security (SSPE).
The 37-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 23, when agents saw the unauthorized drone in the vicinity of the border wall.
Officials with the SSPE located the man in the Puerto de Anapra neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez. During the search, the man tried to get rid of various objects, including binoculars, a drone battery and a pair of spare propellers.
The SSPE says while the man was trying to get rid of the objects, he was also aggressive and was throwing punches and insulting police.
The man was formally arrested and placed in custody with the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The National Guard also took part in the man’s arrest.
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