Actor Sean Penn’s Visit with Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Was First Break in Manhunt
The six-month manhunt for notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman came to an end in part because of his desire to reach out to actor Sean Penn.
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DEA’s John ‘Jack’ Riley Named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of The Year For 2015
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John “Jack” Riley, the DEA’s acting deputy administrator, has been named ticklethewire.com’s Fed of the Year for 2015. Riley, a native of Chicago with more than 25 years of drug law enforcement experience, was appointed the acting second-in-command of the DEA in April as the top administrator, Michele Leonhart, was stepping…
Mexican Drug Cartel Founder Found Dead, Tortured And Riddled with Bullets
A Mexican drug cartel founder who was on the DEA’s Most Wanted List was found tortured and dead along with three other men dumped along the side of the road.
‘Affluenza’ Teen, His Mother Were Detained in Mexico After Fleeing Over Probation Violation
A wealthy Texas teenager who was given leniency after killing four people while driving drunk has been captured in Mexico with his mother.
A Chat With A DEA Official About Detroit’s Drug Trade and the Influence of the Mexican Cartels
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Carlos L. Mitchem II knows about the drug trade. He’s been a Drug Enforcement Administration agent since 1991, and has been posted in places like Chicago and Tucson and in some of the world’s hot spots, Mexico and Colombia, where major drug cartels have flourished. More than four years…
Updated: Washington Post Reports That Story About Escaped Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Threatening to ‘Destroy’ ISIS Is a Hoax
It sounds like the plot of an action-packed movie: An escaped Mexican drug lord is threatening to take on the world’s most hated terrorists.
‘El Chapo’s Cartel Influence Continues to Be Strong in U.S. After His Prison Escape
Although Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was jailed and escaped from a Mexican prison in July, his Sinaloa cartel continues to traffic drugs across the border on a massive scale.
Border Patrol Struggles to Find Enough Agents to Protect U.S.-Mexico Border
Border Patrol is struggling to hire enough agents to protect the U.S.-Mexico border.