Troops downed Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas after agency didn’t coordinate flight with military task force

Troops downed Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas after agency didn’t coordinate flight with military task force

Near a small town in Texas Wednesday, troops used a counter-drone system to shoot down an unmanned aerial system operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection which was launched without coordinating with the military task force assigned to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. Joint Task Force-Southern Border, the military entity charged with carrying out the Trump administration’s immigration enforc…