By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 38-year-old Customs and Border Protection Officer is accused of helping drug smugglers cross into the U.S., Fox News reports. Jose Luis Zavala, who works in Brownsville, Texas, was arrested on charges of drug smuggling and corruption. He was arrested Dec. 12 and placed on administrative leave. An initial story incorrectly…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drug smugglers have tried all kinds of clever – and not so clever – ways to get their products across the Mexican border and into the U.S. On Tuesday morning, Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized nearly $100,000 worth of marijuana dropped from an ultralight aircraft Tuesday, AZ Family reports….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 31-year-old Tucson man led Border Patrol agents on a 15-mile car and foot chase before an agent shot and killed him Friday afternoon, KVOA.com reports. The chase began when Jose Luis Arambula failed to yield at a checkpoint on Interstate 19 in Green Valley. Agents later found bundles of marijuana weighing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drug smugglers have shown no end to new ways to bring drugs into the U.S. On Tuesday, authorities said a Canadian scuba diver tried to smuggle $40,000 worth marijuana into the U.S. by swimming across St. Clair River in Michigan, the Lansing State Journal reports. The scuba diver, who has not yet…
