El Paso, with a population of nearly 700,000, is the sixth-largest city in Texas and one of the 25 largest in the United States. Nearly 3.5 million passengers passed through El Paso International Airport in the first 11 months of 2025, according to its website. Security personnel at El Paso International Airport on February 11, 2026. Samuel, a traveler in El Paso, told CNN affiliate KFOX he was doing a book tour with a client and didn’t get any notification from his airline. “They did not alert the El Paso city manager or the El Paso mayor,” Escobar said on a press call Wednesday morning.

Source: CNN February 11, 2026 18:31 UTC