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The U.S. military used a laser in southern Texas' Rio Grande Valley to shoot down three Mexican drug cartel drones this week

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Three Mexican drug cartel drones near the U.S.-Mexico border were shot down using a military laser in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas, U.S. officials reported on Thursday.