By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Border Patrol agent accused of taking two people hostage was arrested Tuesday after an intense standoff that lasted several hours, the El Paso Times reports. Alberto Montelongo, 40, was involved in a domestic dispute with another off-duty Border Patrol agent, authorities said. Another man, who is not an agent,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jack Riley, the head of the DEA’s Chicago division, is headed to a top post in Washington D.C., the Associated Press reports. The 56-year-old, who has shed light on the influence of Mexican cartels on the Midwest, has been named the DEA’s chief of operations. The No. 3 post at the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa was considered a polished politicians and potential challenger to Gov. John Hickenlooper. Now the FBI is helping the Colorado Bureau of Investigations conduct a problem into Maketa, who is accused of having sex with three women and then promoting them to top-paying jobs, the Denver…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether middle school and high school students throughout El Paso are part of an underage prostitution ring, the El Paso Times reports. The probe focuses on Ysleta Independent School District, which was notified of the probe beginning in December 2012. “Due to student confidentiality laws, the Ysleta Independent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joseph Arabit, the new head of the Houston Division of the DEA, arrives with a plethora of border experience that authorities hope will help crack down on drug cartel activity between the Texas-Mexico border, KHOU.com reports. Arabit previously was in charge of the DEA office in El Paso at a time of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So many immigrants crossed into South Texas illegally recently that Border Patrol flew many of them across the state for processing in El Paso Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. More than 100 detainees were flown from Brownsville in an effort to speed up processing following an average of 1,000 arrests a day…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Douglas E. Lindquist, who recently served as section chief of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters, has been named head of the agency’s El Paso Division. Lindquist began his career with the FBI in 1997, and was first posted at the Washington Field Office, where he investigated international terrorism and counterintelligence….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The sequestration is taking a toll on Border Patrol protection as agents begin rationing fuel and use fewer cars for patrol, KHOU.com reports. “We’ll have the same number of agents — just fewer vehicles,” said Rob Russell of the National Border Patrol Council. Russell, who works with the local El Paso area…
