The airspace closure is across the border from the Valley of Juárez, a well-known border smuggling corridor associated with the Sinaloa drug cartel, located southeast of Juárez across the Rio Grande from the Fabens and Fort Hancock areas east of El Paso.

New information from the Federal Aviation Administration is shining a spotlight on a troubling trend in San Diego: the region reported more laser strikes on aircrafts than any other place in the

Nationally, the rate of laser strikes is down. In Arizona, however, the number is actually increasing. In 2025, Arizona recorded one of the highest totals of aircraft laser strikes in the nation. Pilots reported 574 laser strikes in Arizona, placing the state fifth nationally behind California, Texas, Florida and Illinois.