By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Three men arrested in Ghana this week arrived in New York on Friday to face charges of trafficking cocaine through Africa to support terrorist organizations including al Qaeda and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Drug Enforcement Administration said. It was the first time al Qaeda associates had been…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The death on Wednesday of Mexican drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva, who claimed to be the “boss of bosses”, may be a big victory for the Mexican and American governments, but it certainly won’t spell the end to the violent grip the cartels have on the country. In fact,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Camden, N.J. in the past has been dubbed the most dangerous city in America. So it might be seen as good news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has decided to take over the the Philadelphia-Camden High Intensity Drug Trafficking task force from the local prosecutor. But the Camden County prosecutor,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mexican authorities, acting on info from U.S. federal investigators, shut down a yet to be completed underground tunnel on Wednesday that originated in Tijuana, Mexico and extended 860 feet into San Diego. The tunnel, measuring just under 1000 feet in length and 90 to 100 feet in depth, had lighting, ventilation…
Crooked DEA task force member, Mark James Lunsford, a Baltimore police detective, is causing some big problems. City paper reporter Van Smith lays it all out in this report. Balt. Detective’s Sykesville, Md. home the FBI raided/ baltimore city paper photo By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — On Aug. 3, Ira Jimmy Martin…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Tom Raffanello, the former head of the DEA in Miami, who most recently served as the head of security for suspected financial scammer Allen Stanford, could get a little break in his criminal case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin Rosenbaum in Miami has recommended that one of the major charges against him…
Laws are designed to protect people, not harm them. In this case, it’s causing harm and unnecessary pain. The Justice Department, DEA and legislators have to figure out a way to strike a balance By Carrie Johnson Washington Post WASHINGTON — Heightened efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on narcotics abuse are…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A DEA internal memo has identified the names of three agents who were killed in Afghanistan Monday in a helicopter crash that also claimed the lives of seven U.S. Service members. The helicopter had just taken off from a drug raid and battle with the Taliban. But there was…
