Ricardo Alday, a spokesman for the Mexican Embassy in the United States, also said the drone belonged to Mexico and was part of an operation in coordination with the U.S. government.  "It was flying on the Mexican side of the border when it had a mechanical malfunction," Alday said. "It is my understanding both Mexican and U.S. authorities were fully cognizant of what was going on in the area."  Alday said the drone malfunctioned, entered U.S. airspace and landed in El Paso.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection Special Operations Supervisor Ramiro Cordero said a resident called his agency Tuesday evening "about something in front of his property."  The agency picked up the device and consulted with officials in the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico. "We determined it was the property of the Mexican government," Cordero said.  U.S. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said he believed that the drone "was owned by the government of Mexico, and I think they were the operators."  "We are collecting data," Holloway said. "We are not sending anyone down to the scene. We are collecting information to see what occurred."  A U.S. government official said authorities are "100 percent" sure that the drone belonged to the Mexican government, which used it for law enforcement and homeland security. Operators lost control of the drone, and it crashed, the official said.  Another U.S. official said the drone flew out of control. He described it as small, with a 6-foot wingspan.  "They are little. They are squirrelly. A gust of wind can wreak havoc on these things," the second official said.  A parachute deployed before it hit the ground, and the drone was found intact, with no one hurt and no property damage, the official said.
Federal authorities were investigating Friday the circumstances of a drone that crashed in El Paso, Texas, this week, which U.S. officials said originated in Mexico.Mexican Attorney General