By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Tuesday night at the Arizona-Mexico border and at least four people were in custody, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement issued Wednesday. “Last night, Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was shot and killed after he encountered several…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — America profits from the murderous ways of the Mexican cartels when it comes to supplying weapons. Washington Post reporters James V. Grimaldi and Sari Horwitz, in a year long investigation, uncovered the names of the top 12 U.S. gun dealers of guns traced to Mexico in the past two…
Ken Melson and Dennis Burke/atf photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — ATF is creating seven new anti-gunrunner groups around the country to try and cut the flow of illegal firearms to Mexico. In announcing the new move, ATF said it was placing the groups “along traditional and newly-discovered firearms trafficking routes and hubs” in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nine former DEA administrators have fired off a letter to Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. asking that he step in if Californians in November vote to legalize marijuana, the Associated Press reports. AP reports that the administrators wrote an Aug. 24 letter to Holder asking that he file a lawsuit challenging…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The man who headed up the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico was sentenced Friday in Arizona to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million, the Associated Press reported. Carlos Molinares Nunez, aka “Caliche,” was arrested in 2006 while staying with his wife’s relatives in Tucson, AP reported. Authorities…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Arizona prison escapee John Charles McCluskey and his companion Casslyn Welch have changed their appearance, the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday. The Marshals Service issued a statement Wednesday saying that McCluskey now has black hair and a beard and Welch has dyed her hair blonde. The Marshals Service said investigators have…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com These have not been fun days for John Morton, who heads up U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The union representing ICE agents just issued a vote of “no confidence” for him. And on Tuesday, two key sheriffs along the Arizona-Mexico border sharply criticized him. The sheriffs, according to the Washington Times,…
