By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican national accused of shooting an off-duty Border Patrol agent during a robbery in Texas was charged with additional crimes related to more robberies Thursday, the Monitor reports. Gustavo Tijerina, 30, was charged with seven counts of aggravated armed robbery and three counts of engaging in organized criminal activity in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Tomsheck, who was forced to resign as internal affairs for CBP, said the agency made it difficult for him to investigate internal complaints. NPR reports that Tomscheck believes some Border Patrol agents aren’t being held accountable because of a culture that evades legal restraints. Tomscheck said about a quarter of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What’s it like protecting the border? The U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona is hosting a Citizens Academy beginning Oct. 15 to give residents and community leaders an inside look at the agency. The idea is to provider a greater sense of Border Patrol’s mission and its duties. Leaders warned that participants should…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents in Arizona found nine immigrants locked inside the cargo area of a U-Haul, AzFamily.com reports. Agent searched the trucks after becoming suspicious of the driver and passenger at a checkpoint near Amado. Inside were eight adults and one juvenile who had no fresh air or ability to escape. An…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Armed militias are complicating already tense, complex crackdowns on immigration, the Border Patrol has warned. The Associated Press reports that the Border Patrol issued a warning to agents to be on the look out for militias that are working in fatigues but have no authority law enforcement authority or training. The warning…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal investigation into claims that a Border Patrol agent drew his gun on an Iowa Boy Scout has found no evidence of wrongdoing, Homeland Security announced Monday. During the investigation, which cost the inspector general’s office $19,000, feds reviewed surveillance video and interviewed children and adults, the Washington Post reports. “All…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have tried to alter details of at least seven “highly suspect” deaths since 2010, a former internal affairs official for CBP told the Center for Investigative Reporting. “In nearly every instance, there was an effort by Border Patrol leadership to make a case to justify the shooting versus doing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators in Texas believe they’ve found the handgun used in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent while he was fishing with his family on vacation, Breitbart.com reports. Scouring an area where the suspects were known to hang out, authorities found a handgun that they believe was used during the botched…
