By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether CBP agents went too far when they shot a man multiple times with a Taser at a San Ysidro border crossing, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Francisco Cesena died after of cardiac arrest caused in part by multiple Taser shots after authorities said he attacked them….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine who fired shots at a Border Patrol helicopter on Friday, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing near the Mexican border. The helicopter was carrying at least one Border Patrol agent during an operational mission along the Rio Grande near Laredo, Texas, when it…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent is recovering from traumatic injuries after his ATV plunged over a ledge near the Rio Grande in Sanderson, Texas. Agents from the Office of Air and Marine boarded a helicopter and rescued the agent soon after the crash. “The safety of our officers and agents is critical….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is a Mexican boy shot in his home country protected by the U.S. Constitution? The question is at the center of a lawsuit filed by the family of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent near Nogales, Sonora, in 2012, the Associated Press reports. …
Bob Casimiro of Bridgton is former executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Immigration Reform. By Bob Casimiro Bangor Daily News. It’s a cat-and-mouse game, and the mouse is still winning. In spite of the best efforts of our Border Patrol agents, drugs and humans keep coming across our border with Mexico. I recently returned from my…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Shawn Miguel acknowledged he hit a parked Border Patrol truck with his mom’s pickup truck, narrowly missing an agent. But the 36-year-old’s attorney was able to convince a jury that his client struck the Border Patrol truck because he was drunk, not because he was trying to assault an agent, the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent was justified when he fatally shot a 20-year-old Canadian who crossed the border illegally in March and sprayed the agent with bear spray, the Associated Press reports. Whatcom County Prosecutor Dave McEachran said the agent did everything he could to avoid a fatal encounter with Jamison Edward…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol supervisor accused of placing a hidden camera in the flood drain of a women’s bathroom pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of making a false statement to a federal officer and seven counts of video voyeurism. Armando Gonzalez also admitted he lied when asked by superiors…
