Border Patrol agents report Mexican military helicopter in U.S. airspace
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May 15, 2010 9:11 PM
Ana Ley
The Monitor

ROMA — U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted a Mexican military helicopter hovering over U.S. territory on Saturday.

Agents saw the helicopter near the Roma-Miguel Alemán International Bridge about midday, said Rick Pauza, a spokesman with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Officials could not immediately say how long the aircraft was flying over the United States, but they said it appeared to be in U.S. airspace only briefly.

No further details about the sighting were immediately available.

Earlier this year, what appeared to be a Mexican helicopter was seen flying over RV parks on the southwest outskirts of Zapata, a small town about 100 miles northwest of McAllen near the Rio Grande.

A similar incident occurred March 10, when a Mexican navy helicopter was spotted crossing the border near Falcon Dam in Zapata County and then returned to Mexico without landing. CBP confirmed an agent spotted the helicopter that day.

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