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Cartel scouts, drones challenge Border Patrol along rural stretch east of El Paso

Headline from FOX8 WGHP

Border Report shadowed agents from the Border Patrol's El Paso Sector in the Fort Hancock and Clint area, southeast of El Paso County, on what was the first media ride-along since a federal government shutdown paused them late last year.

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  1. FOX8 WGHP

    Cartel scouts, drones challenge Border Patrol along rural stretch east of El Paso (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    FOX8 WGHP's feed description

    Border Report shadowed agents from the Border Patrol's El Paso Sector in the Fort Hancock and Clint area, southeast of El Paso County, on what was the first media ride-along since a federal government shutdown paused them late last year.

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