Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The December 2010 slaying of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry shed light on the U.S. government’s botched gun-smuggling investigation, Operation Fast and Furious, The Washington Times reports. Now a third suspect is in custody in the shootout that left Terry dead in the Arizona borderlands. Police in Sinaloa, Mexico, arrested suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who smuggled bundles of marijuana from the Arizona-Mexico border is set to be sentenced today, The Republic reports. Anaya, who also pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while committing a drug offense, was caught on surveillance loading bundles of pot into his patrol car between Yuma…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chief Enrique “Henry” Mendiola Jr., whose 25 year of service makes him one of the longest-serving agents of the Border Patrol RGV Sector, is retiring, ValleyCentral.com reports. Mendiola was only 20 years old when he joined the Border Patrol in 1988. “When I came in we were still doing ink fingerprints, we…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Border Patrol agents estimated that the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is nearly twice the estimate of 11 million by the government and other demographers, the Washington Times reports. “The more likely figure is 18-20 million and rising daily,” Zack Taylor, chairman of the National Association of Former Border…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The suspect was unwilling to go without a fight. When a Border Patrol agent was arresting Alberto Mayen, the Guatemalan responded by twisting the agents arm and then pounding the agent in the chest, Valley Central reports. The suspect, who was sent to the hospital, spat blood on the agent when another…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — In an effort to prevent terrorists from crossing the Canadian Border into the U.S., Border Patrol agents are gearing up for a new $17 million facility in Detroit, WWJ reports. Agents gathered for a groundbreaking this week. “We share intelligence, anything that’s got a nexus to the border and through…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican national admitted Wednesday that he and two other gunman were involved in the 2009 murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in southern California, CNN reports. Marcos Rodriguez-Perez pleaded guilty to conspiracy, robbery and firearm charges, saying he and two others detained Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas Jr. at gunpoint….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drug smugglers have shown no end to new ways to bring drugs into the U.S. On Tuesday, authorities said a Canadian scuba diver tried to smuggle $40,000 worth marijuana into the U.S. by swimming across St. Clair River in Michigan, the Lansing State Journal reports. The scuba diver, who has not yet…
