Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal officials botched the planning of a $15 million outpost in New Mexico for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents, leading to more than a year of delays, the Associated Press reports. Customs and Border Patrol agents will continue to work out of trailers in Antelope Wells,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have rescued 14 undocumented immigrants and found the bodies of seven more in South Texas during a hot past week, the Associated Press reports. The AP said the immigrants were dehydrated and exposed to harsh weather. The Border Patrol’s Rio Grand Valley Sector is reporting a spike in immigrant…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent on foot patrol in Texas died Friday following a medical emergency, the agency told Tickle the Wire today. Foul play isn’t suspected in the death of Agent David Delaney, said Bill Brooks, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agency is awaiting results from an autopsy to determine the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A preliminary investigation into the friendly fire death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona found that agents didn’t lose radio contact before shots were fired, the Associated Press reports. The sheriff’s report eased fears that a communication breakdown led to the fatal shooting, as many had speculated. According to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Congressional gridlock could mean massive layoffs for Border Patrol and ICE agents and officers on Jan. 2, even as illegal crossings continue to increase, the Washington Times reports in a decidedly anti-Obama column. At risk are the jobs of 3,400 Border Patrol agents, 932 ICE agents and 802 ICE deportation and removal…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas Border Patrol agent who was arrested on accusations of molesting a 14-year-old family member first drew suspicions after sending the girl texts, KRIS TV reports. According to an affidavit obtained by the news station, the girl’s mother first became suspicious because of “boyfriend-like” texts from 49-year-old Jose Jalomos to the…
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…
