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,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — With the Mexican drug cartels spiraling out of control, and illegal immigration at the forefront of many a debate, it may be hard to swallow some stats that show things aren’t what they seem. The New York Times reports that rate of violent crime at the border and across…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – About a dozen police chiefs from cities like Phoenix, Tuscon, Houston and Los Angeles plan to meet Wednesday with Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. to express concerns about Arizona’s new immigration law, CNN is reporting. CNN said the chiefs will voice concerns that the new law will “drive a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is the latest to weigh in on Arizona’s new immigration law, saying he’s uncomfortable with it. Ridge told the Associated Press that he’s concerned that the law allows police to question people without probable cause. But he criticized both Democrats and Republicans for failing to…
