By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Border Patrol are making an unusual request: They want permission to monitor agents from 20 feet away. Two residents of an Arizona town, Arivaca, filed a lawsuit last year, claiming the Border Patrol violates their First Amendment rights and bullies anyone who protests the checkpoint,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol unveiled a statue honoring slain Agent Brian Terry on Saturday at the newly renamed Brin Terry Patrol Station in Bisbee, Ariz., Fox News reports. “That iconic image of Brian carrying his BordTac team member on his shoulders represents everything good about Brian, his strength, his determination, his attention to…
By ACLU Attorney James Lyall Arizona Daily Star For years, watchdog groups have issued report after report detailing the brutal conditions faced by children in Border Patrol custody. Since 2008, non-governmental aid organizations have documented at least 1,600 specific examples of children suffering abuse and inhumane environments in the Border Patrol’s detention facilities. Border Patrol…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents in Arizona have been advised they are under no obligation to arrest drunken drivers and will face no consequences for letting the suspects go, CBS5 reports. A training memo that has been circulating among agents reminded them that they have no legal authority to arrest someone for breaking…
By Paul Giblin The Republic A federal judge suspects that seven attorneys representing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives committed fraud in the case of a retired federal agent who infiltrated the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in Arizona. Court of Federal Claims Judge Francis Allegra banned the attorneys from filing documents in his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds will be out in full force Sunday for Super Bowl game in Arizona. TMZ reports that the agencies involved in security, which is always very intense, include: — Department of Homeland Security — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — FBI — United States Secret Service — Phoenix PD — Glendale…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent who laundered drug money was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, the Arizona Daily Star. Raimundo Borjas was convicted of money laundering after trying to conceal $61,600 in deposits. After he’s released from prison, Borjas was ordered to spend three years of supervision and to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent was airlifted for emergency medical care after an altercation with a Mexican citizen near the Arizona border on Saturday, the Arizona Republic reports. The agent received 22 stitches after suffering lacerations to his face and a fractured orbital bone near Gu Vo, Arizona. The agent, whose…
