Dog the Bounty Hunter Says Escaped ‘El Chapo’ Is Likely ‘Out of My League’
Dog the Bounty Hunter is not known to back down, but this is one case he says he can’t handle.
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DEA Warned Mexico of Plot to Help Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Escape Prison
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA warned Mexico 16 months ago of plans by drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to break out of prison, according to documents revealed Monday, Fox News reports. The U.S. first warned Mexico in March 2014 that information has been gathered to suggest family members and others in the drug…
Deputy U.S. Marshal Fatally Shot in a Shootout in Baton Rouge
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells was shot in the neck and killed Tuesday in a gun battle in Baton Rouge, La. Wells, 27, a native of Mississippi, had been with the U.S. Marshals Service since January 2011. Authorities said that Wells was part of a team executing arrest warrants on fugitive…
FBI Arrests homicide fugitive in Delaware After 13 Years on Run
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Victor Castillo lived a quiet life as a maintenance man for an apartment building in Wilmington. Turns out, Castillo’s real name is Ignacio Constantino, and he was wanted for first-degree murder in Tennessee for 13 years, the USA Today reports. The FBI, along with local police and the U.S. Marshals Service,…
Leaked Memos: DEA Sought to Assassinate Drug Kingpin in Mexico; President Obama Opposed on ‘Moral Grounds’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New memos leaked by WikiLeaks shows the DEA asked the White House for permission to kill notorious kingpin and fugitive Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Latin Times reports. The messages come from Fred Burton, vice president of intelligence and an expert on Mexican drug cartels. “If the DEA can specifically locate the…
Russian President Putin Says He Had No Grounds to Arrest Snowden
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Russian President Vladimir Putin maintained Tuesday that he had no authority to take custody of the NSA leaker-turned-international fugitive, The Washington Post reports. Both countries exchanged blows over the handling of Edward Snowden, who arrived in Russia from Hong Kong on Saturday. Putin told the U.S. that he had no grounds to…
FBI Agent, Fugitive Injured in Shootout in Las Vegas Over Arrest Warrant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent and fugitive were both wounded in a frantic shootout in Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. The agent, whose identity has not yet been released and who was wearing a protective vest, suffered injuries that are not life-threatening, the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote. The suspect, whose…
Man Who Opened Fire on FBI Agents Sentenced to 15 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fugitive who shot at FBI agents while he was barricaded in a house his near Pittsburgh was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Frank Perez Jr. fired at least 20 shots from two pistols and a 12-gauge shotgun while an FBI SWAT team surrounded his…