Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An undocumented immigrant from Mexico pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting a Border Patrol agent with a Ford F-250 truck and smuggling illegal immigrants, Border Scope reports. Jose Alberto Izquierdo-Gonzalez , 26, is to remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not yet been set, according to Border Scope. Izquierdo-Gonzalez is accused of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol supervisor pleaded guilty to assaulting another agent in a work meeting at a field office in Port Angeles, Washington, the Peninsula Daily News reports. On Wednesday, Mauricio G. Benitez, 42, acknowledged he choked an acting field operations supervisor and pinned him against a chair, the Daily News wrote. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested on allegations of avoiding federal reporting requirements when he deposited more than $61,000 in cash, the Associated Press reports. Raimundo Borjas is on leaving pending an investigation. Authorities said most of the money was in $100 bills and was frayed and dirty. Borjas has…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four of the five people arrested for drug-related crimes along the Mexican border are American citizens, the Daily Beast reports. Citing a report from the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Daily Beast wrote that the Border Patrol has essentially deceived the public into believing Mexicans are behind most drug busts by emphasizing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 26-year-old Border Agent who died in a car crash in California was recently married and on his way to work without a seat belt Friday, KSWT News 12 reports. The accident that killed agent Francisco Puga, of the El Centro Sector, remains under investigation. “We have an idea that most likely…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 26-year-old Border Patrol agent was killed in a two-car crash on his way to work Friday afternoon in California, Imperial Valley Press reports. The Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the accident, which also killed a 43-year-old woman who has not been identified. Imperial Valley Press identifies the agent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent was shot and the suspect was killed during an unusual scene that federal authorities are investigating, Fox News reports. The agent, whose name has not yet been disclosed, was treated and released after the gunman shot him in the leg, Fox News wrote. Authorities said Border Patrol agents…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Democrats and Republicans expressed frustration this week that Homeland Security officials never made good on a promise two years ago to produce more reliable standards to assess border security, the New York Times reports. Not only did Homeland Security fail to devise an accurate method to evaluate the border, it isn’t even…
