The Arizona Republic The badlands of southern Arizona are treacherous to the men and women we send to protect our national border with Mexico. The terrain is jagged, the sunlight scorching, and the place teems with drug traffickers, human smugglers and bandits. Add to those threats one more. Darkness. The kind that comes when communication…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican man accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a 2010 exchange of fire near the Arizona-Mexico border is expected to change his plea today in federal court, the Associated Press reports. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes had pleaded not guilty to murder, assaulting a federal officer and other charges in connection…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who said he and his family were subjected to “ugly harassment” by federal officials in retaliation for complaining that the Port Angeles station is wasting resources reached a settlement with the agency, the Associated Press reports. Christian Sanchez settled with Border Patrol over his whistleblower retaliation claim during…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. Border Patrol officer was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday after admitting he sexually assaulted a Mexican woman traveling in the U.S., the Desert Sun reports. Luis Edward Hermosillo was sentenced immediately after he pleaded guilty in Riverside County Superior Court to sexual penetration by threatening to use…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The grieving wife of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent who was killed by a drunk driver in Arizona wrote a book about losing her husband, the Associated Press reports. The book, “Crazy Courage: A Young Widow’s Survival Guide,” is a guide for widows of fallen officers. “I heard myself sobbing uncontrollably, but…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The latest fatal shooting by the U.S. Border Patrol has raised questions about the agency’s use of force over the past two years, the Arizona Republic reports. The ACLU and other human-rights advocates are questioning the frequency of the shootings, which have left 18 people dead since January 2010, according to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire,com The family of a Mexican teen fatally shot by the U.S. Border Patrol last week claims excessive force in a forthcoming lawsuit, Reuters reports. Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, 16, was shot seven times in the back as agents opened fire on a group of rock throwers accused of dropping off drugs on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a mother of five as he was pulled away on the hood of her car has a long history of misconduct, her family said in a wrongful termination suit against the agency, the Associated Press reports. The suit, filed Friday on behalf of…
