By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Joseph Evans, regional director for the DEA’s North and Central Americas Region in Mexico City, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed Of The Year for 2010. Faced with one of the more daunting tasks in the DEA — battling the violent Mexican Drug Cartels — Evans is credited with developing key partnerships…
By The Chicago Tribune Editorial Jack Riley left El Paso, Texas, to become the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s top man in Chicago. Even though he’s 1,500 miles from the border now, Mexico’s war against drug cartels still matters to him. It should matter to all of us. More than 90 percent of the marijuana, cocaine…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Good or bad, one thing is certain: The WikiLeaks documents are pretty fascinating. One of the latest ones of interest has surfaced in some publications including the Washington Post, which reports that Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was trying to put the squeeze on the DEA to wiretap his political…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — After serving as acting head of the DEA since November 2007, Michele Leonhart finally got confirmed as the permanent leader of the agency. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday night unanimously voted to confirm Leonhart, making her the 10th administrator in the DEA’s history, the agency said. Leonhart is the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man once charged with the attempted murder of Boston Celtics basketball star Paul Pierce, was convicted late last week of attempting to kill a DEA informant who provided evidence against him in cocaine trafficking case, authorities said. Trevor A. Watson, 44, of Boston, was found guilty Thursday in U.S. District…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nine people have been busted in what authorities in Houston say is DEA’s largest seizure of the narcotic PCP in its history. Authorities said it had seized 57 gallons of the drug which goes by street names including angel dust and rocket fuel. A grand jury indicted the nine people last…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday gave the nod to Michele Leonhart to head the DEA and Stacia Hylton to head up the U.S. Marshals Service. The approval came by way of a voice vote on both presidential nominees. The nominations now go before the full Senate for a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The rumor mill has Thomas M. Harrigan, chief of DEA operations, as the front runner for the number two spot in the agency, according to people familiar with the situation. The number two spot was held by Michele Leonhart, who has been acting head of the agency, and…
