Border Patrol
Border Patrol Agent in Tex. Fatally Shoots Unarmed Teen After Struggle
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and other agencies are probing an incident Friday in which a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas shot and killed an unarmed teen who was driving a pickup truck filled with marijuana,the Associated Press reported. AP reported that the driver Juan Mendez,18, of Eagle Pass, Tex., died after getting…
Border Patrol Agents Fire Shots into Mexico After Coming Under Attack
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The latest sign in the U.S. that there’s a drug war in Mexico: U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico Saturday after coming under attack in south Texas along the Rio Grande, the Associated Press reports. Authorities said the incident happened during a half-ton drug bust that involved Border Patrol…
Border Patrol Agent Suicides Spike
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Something is seriously ailing the U.S. Border Patrol. The Associated Press reports that the agency has seen the biggest spike in suicides among agents in at least 20 years. The news service reported that at least 15 agents have committed suicide since February 2008. It said few left notes. “Federal officials…
Deaths of U.S. Law Enforcement Officers Could Reach 2-Decade High
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In 2009, the number of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty reached a 50-year low. That downward trend is gone. The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) in Washington is reporting a 43 percent increase of officers killed in the line of duty during the…
Man Gets 55 Months for Striking Tex Border Patrol Agent With Vehicle
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An El Savador man illegally living in Houston was sentenced Tuesday to 55 months in prison for assaulting a Border Patrol agent with his vehicle near Laredo, Tex. while trying to transport 10 illegal aliens, authorities said. Authorities said that on Feb. 15, 2009, at approximately 10 p.m., Border Patrol agents…
Retired Texas Border Patrol Agent Says Agents Have Been Denied Service in Restaurants in El Paso
By Allan Lengel ticklthewire.com Retired Border Patrol agent and field operations supervisor John Hubert tells the El Paso Times that it’s not always easy being an agent in El Paso. “I learned early on that if you’re a Border Patrol agent in El Paso… basically you’re an object of scorn to about 75 percent of…
Border Patrol Agent Pleads to Beating Mexican National at Arizona Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Tucson to assaulting a Mexican National in his custody, the Justice Department said. Agent Eduardo Moreno admitted that on May 10, 2006, while on duty at the U.S. Border Patrol Processing Center in Nogales, Ariz., he kicked…