Drug Cartels Are Smuggling Alarming Amounts of Fentanyl into the U.S.
Fentanyl is becoming the drug of choice for cartels.
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Border Patrol Agents Find 2,500 Pounds of Marijuana Stuffed inside Carrots
A drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana in a tractor-trailer that was crossing the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge.
Complaints Paint Disquieting Portrait of Border Patrol Misconduct
Drivers routinely complain about misconduct at Border Patrol checkpoints near the Mexican border, according to newly released information, the New York Times reports. Among the complaints are verbal abuse, racial profiling and improper use of guns. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has accumulated 6,000 pages of complaints, statistics and other records related to…
Homeland Security to Track Some Immigrants with GPS Devices to Test Reporting Compliance
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com GPS-enabled ankle bracelets are an effective way to keep track of parolees and others in trouble with the law. Now Homeland Security is beginning to give the bracelets to some parents captured crossing the Mexican border illegal with their children, the Associated Press reports. The parents were ordered to report back…
Immigrant Steals Border Patrol Agent’s Gun, Pulls Trigger But Weapon Jams
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s one of the greatest fears of law enforcement: A suspect wrestles away your guy, points it at you and squeezes the triggers. It happened Wednesday to a Border Patrol agent who was attacked by an immigrant near Encino, Texas, the Monitor reports. Officials said the immigrant wrestled away the agent’s pistol…
Report: About 80% of Drug-Related Crimes At Mexican Border Involve Americans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four of the five people arrested for drug-related crimes along the Mexican border are American citizens, the Daily Beast reports. Citing a report from the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Daily Beast wrote that the Border Patrol has essentially deceived the public into believing Mexicans are behind most drug busts by emphasizing…
Unidentified Bodies Stacking Up While Border Patrol Increases Security: 5,513 Found in 15 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Increased security along the U.S.-Mexico border is forcing some migrants to traverse remote deserts with debilitating heat – a reality that leads to deaths. The Associated Press reports that 5,513 bodies have been found in the past 15 years. Critics charge that federal agents are more worried about enforcement than saving lives,…
Feds Delay Plan to Blanket Mexican Border with High-Tech Sensors
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Technology glitches have delayed the federal government’s plan to place sensors along the Mexican border, Wired reports. The plan by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection was to saturate the border with a new generation of unattended ground sensors, or UGS. Now the feds are backing…
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