The Border Patrol has maintained its agent opened fire on a 16-year-old because he was throwing rocks at authorities from the Mexican border to Arizona. But the USA Today is reporting that ten of the 11 bullets that struck Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October hit him from behind, according to a report by medical examiners…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This was no ordinary laundry detergent. Agents at a Mexican border crossing near El Paso found $52,000 vacuum-sealed and stuffed into a detergent box, KFOX/CNN reports. Edgar Lopez Chavez, 36, was arrested while trying to cross into Mexico, where he is a citizen. U.S. law requires anyone with more than $10,000…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the U.S. continues to tighten land routes along the Mexican border, immigrants are increasingly risking their lives to reach the country by water, the Orange County Register reports. Immigrants pay up to $9,000 to make the dangerous journey from Baja to the Southern California coast, according to the Register. Since…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The owner of a Texas trucking company is demanding the DEA compensate him for an undercover sting that led to his employee’s death and the damage of a company truck, the San Antonio Express reports. Truck company owner Craig Patty said he had no idea Lawrence Chapa was working undercover for…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com ATF hasn’t had it easy these day. But at least it can count on one small victory. On Friday, a US Judge in Washington upheld new, controversial federal rules requiring four border-states to report sales of multiple semi-automatic rifles, reports Reuters. The gun industry had challenged the new rules on privacy…
By Allan Lengel ticklthewire.com The National Rifle Association, which is feared and revered by many on Capitol Hill — and loathed by others — is flexing its muscle in its never ending battle with ATF. The latest: The New York Times reports that the NRA on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging a federal regulation that…
