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From Mashable:

"Reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are being used are incorrect. CBP UAS are not flying in support of the search," a spokesperson from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Mashable via email.

The statement from the CBP comes as others had already cast doubt on the original report's claim.

Parker Higgins, an activist for the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, called the allegations of drone use "suspect" and went on to thoroughly undermine the idea in a blog post.

First of all, drones have already been used in at least one other similar situation. The CBP, a subsidiary of the Department of Homeland Security, is allowed to loan out its MQ-9 Reaper drones to police departments in certain cases. That's what happened when police in North Dakota used a CBP drone to help track down three men who had allegedly stolen six cows from a nearby ranch.

To back up its claim,Expressquoted an unnamed source inside the LAPD, who told the paper that "the thermal imaging cameras the drones use may be our only hope of finding him. On the ground, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Higgins, who also manages the Twitter account Drones didn't buy it: "How did a tiny paper in the United Kingdom get such a juicy source more than 10,000 miles away?"