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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…
Gov. Haley: FBI’s Background Check Failed to Raise Red Flags Before Gun Purchase
The racist man accused of shooting nine people at Emanuel AME church in Charleston was barred from buying a firearm but still was able to make a purchase because the FBI’s background check raised no red flags.
FBI-Assembled ‘Hybrid Task Force’ to Tackle Violent Crime in St. Louis
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This isn’t your normal task force. In fact, the FBI is calling it the Hybrid Task Force, and its goal is to pursue drug dealers and violent criminals, KMOX reports. “The task force has two focuses,” St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said. “One is an interdiction piece that long term…
Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chap’ Guzman Escapes Prison through Mile-Long Tunnel
Mexico’s most notorious drug lord has escaped from prison again.
FBI Agent Who Stole Heroin Seized As Evidence Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who stole heroin seized as evidence to feed his addiction was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday, a much lighter sentence than prosecutors wanted, the Washington Post reports. Matthew Lowry’s theft of evidence prompted prosecutors to dismiss drug cases against 28 defendants. Calling it the most…