Federal and local law enforcement is investigating a Border Patrol agent’s fatal shooting of a man in a rugged area near the Mexico border in Arizona over the weekend.
U.S. border officials are getting ready for a record number of arrests of undocumented immigrants.
By Steve Neavling CBP has its eyes out for more than just drugs. This month, the agency seized 243 pounds of prohibited pork bologna at the Texas border in El Paso on two separate occasions. The contraband bologna was “seized and destroyed,” CBP said in a news release. The lunch meat is banned from entering…
The FBI is investigating the assault of a Border Patrol agent along Arizona’s border with Mexico.
Oscar Hagelsieb has a unique perspective of life on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 2,000 immigrants were released from jail because of budget concerns, but the Homeland Security secretary was never notified, according to a critical report from the inspector general. The Associated Press reports that ICE also poorly planned for the influx of immigrant arrests at the Mexico border and failed to accurately…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tunnel systems that run between the U.S. and Mexico border are used to transport drugs, people, weapons and other illegal material. Now, Border Patrol agents are using robot technology to detect tunnels, the Associated Press reports. Agents in Tucson, Ariz., plan to demonstrate the “tunnel robots” Tuesday. According to CBP, tunnels are…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with a suspected smuggler on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, the San Antonio Express-News reports. “Our agents are not going to tolerate this,” Border Patrol spokesman Henry Mendiola said Tuesday. “They’re well-trained, they’re well equipped, and they will respond to neutralize these threats.” The Friday shooting…
