The Border Patrol has maintained its agent opened fire on a 16-year-old because he was throwing rocks at authorities from the Mexican border to Arizona. But the USA Today is reporting that ten of the 11 bullets that struck Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October hit him from behind, according to a report by medical examiners…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents accused of performing oral sex in front of a busy crowd at the Cirque Du Soleil performance in Del Mar, Calif. in May testified they did nothing wrong, ABC 10 News reports. The only intimacy was hugging and kissing, Kallie Helwig, 25, and 35-year old Gerald Torello said…
Doris Meisnner New York Times Column Because the United States has experienced high levels of illegal immigration across the Mexican border from the early 1970s until the onset of the recession in 2008, border security and enforcement have been the dominant focus for immigration policymaking over decades, especially since 9/11. With it came deep public…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is mired in internal dysfunction and turf battles and is unable to stem corruption within its ranks, according to an internal study, the TheDailyBeast.com reports. The website says the agency, which has about 60,000 employees, has been unable to control its disciplinary system or a culture…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What is a teenager doing with nearly $500,000 in meth? That’s what the Border Patrol agents want to know after a service dog sniffed out contraband in his sedan at the Pine Valley-area checkpoint in southern California, San Diego 6 reports. Agents said they found 23 packages of meth that have an…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not even 39-foot-high speed boats with 1,200 horsepower is enough for Border Patrol to hunt down all smugglers along the U.S. coast 36 miles north of Tijuana, Mexico, Fox News reports. Agents are now asking for local residents to help in the hunt. “We are actively pursuing this and we are asking…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com T.J. Bonner, who led the labor union for Border Patrol agents for two decades, is accused of defrauding the union out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U-T San Diego reports. Bonner, known for his fearless criticism over government policy, has filed numerous pretrial motions in an attempt to get the case…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent who helped his fugitive brother-in-law sneak into the U.S. from a California crossing will serve eight months in prison, Government Security News reports. While on duty at San Ysidro port of entry, Silva helped his brother-in-law, Julio Cesar Landaverde-Valdez, cross the border by entering false information…
