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Mexico Offers $3.8M for Capture of ‘El Chapo;’ Fires Prison Employees
Mexico is offering $3.8 million for the capture of the country’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who escaped from a Mexican prison over the weekend.
House Republicans Lash Out at Homeland Security After Pier Killing
House Republicans expressed outrage over the Obama administration’s release of an immigrant who is accused of later murdering a woman in San Francisco, The Associated Press reports.
ISIS-Supporting Son of Boston Police Captain Accused of Plotting to Attack Campus
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ISIS-supporting son of a Boston Police captain is accused of threatening to use pressure-cooker bombs and guns to attack an unidentified university, Boston.com reports. Alexander Ciccolo, 23, was arrested on weapons charges on July 4. He is the son of the Boston Police Capt. Robert Ciccolo, police said. Adams is…
Donald Trump Asks FBI to Investigate Alleged Threat from Escaped Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’
Presidential candidate and shrewd businessman Donald Trump is asking the FBI to investigate a Twitter threat he received from an account purportedly run by escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Oscar-Winning Director Sues Justice Department for Public Records of Her Airport Datainments
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Oscar-winning Laura Poitras is suing the Justice Department and other federal agencies after they have denied her access to public records documenting the dozens of times she said she has been questioned and searched at airports, Variety reports. The “Citizenfour” director claims in the lawsuit that she has been detained every…
DEA Warned Mexico of Plot to Help Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Escape Prison
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA warned Mexico 16 months ago of plans by drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to break out of prison, according to documents revealed Monday, Fox News reports. The U.S. first warned Mexico in March 2014 that information has been gathered to suggest family members and others in the drug…
Parker: The Role of Doctors in the Heroin Plague
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker With the recent volume of media on the issue of the heroin epidemic, its overdoses and deaths, has come an effort to provide an…
DEA Head: 43,000 People Die a Year from Opiate Overdoses
The acting head of the DEA spoke to NPR about the 43,000 people who die each year of opiate overdoses. Other Stories of Interest Border Patrol Pursuit Ends in Arrest of Suspected Smuggler ATF Investigates Mysterious Explosion at Rhode Island Beach FBI Releases Screen Name to Find More Victims in ‘Sextortion’ Case Fugitive Hid from…