Jury to Decide El Chapo’s Fate After 35 Days of Surreal Testimony
The fate of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is now in the hands of a jury.
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El Chapo Trial: How the FBI Cracked Sinaloa Cartel’s Sophisticated Communications System
When the FBI couldn’t crack the Sinaloa cartel’s encrypted messages, agents did the next best thing: They went after the tech guru who built the sophisticated communications system.
Trump Threatens to Deploy Military, Shut Down Mexican Border over Caravan of Immigrants
President Trump threatened Thursday to deploy the military and close the southern border if Mexico fails to stop thousands of immigrants heading toward the United States.
Mexican National Accused of Murdering Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010 Finally in Court
It has been eight years since the murder Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Woman Illegally Crossing the Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a woman crossing the border illegally near Laredo, Tex., on Wednesday after the officer came under attack, federal authorities said, according to a report in the New York Times: The officer was searching for “illegal activity” in a culvert on a residential street in…
Mexican Police Commander Pleads No Contest to Leaking Sensitive DEA Information to Drug Cartel Members
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a scenario that has been played out countless times over the years. Jason McGahan of the Daily Beast reports: A top-ranking Mexican police commander who was the point person for intelligence sharing between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement has pleaded “no contest” in Chicago federal court to charges he leaked…
Interior Department Dispatching Officers to Help Secure Border with Mexico
The Interior Department is dispatching officers to help secure the border with Mexico.
Border Patrol Agent Acquitted in Shooting Death of Mexican Teen
Prosecutors are mulling whether they should pursue a retrial in the case of a Border Patrol agent charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting a teenager after an Arizona jury deadlocked on the lesser accounts.