Border Stories: Drone Flight Ban Announced; Ufologist Claims Creature Is Preying on Chickens

The Trump administration banned unauthorized drone activity along the U.S.-Mexico border on Oct. 16, using a temporary flight restriction meant to increase airspace security as it cracks down on drug cartel drone operations. The restriction was announced in a joint statement. Separately, Mexican ufologist José Jaime Maussan claims a small, hairless, two-foot-tall humanoid creature, called the Valley of Juárez Creature, has been eating chickens across the desert between the United States and Mexico.

Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. The two sides cover different subjects that share a border setting. The alternative/independent outlet, ZeroHedge, republished an Epoch Times report on the drone ban, focused on the government's security rationale and the cartel drone crackdown. The right-leaning New York Post covered the creature claim, attributing it to Maussan and calling him a paranormal investigator. The excerpts do not show the sides disputing each other's facts; they differ in which border-related story they report.