Mexican Cartel Leader Convicted of Torture, Murder of DEA Agent Could Soon Be Released
A Mexican cartel leader convicted of the 1985 torture and murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar could soon be released from prison in Mexico.
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Less Than Half of U.S.-Mexico Border Is Under ‘Operational Control,’ Agents Say
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Think the Mexico-U.S. border is safer. Think again. So says Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, who told Congress Wednesday that only 40% of the border is under “operational control,” The Washington Times reports. Judd also said that 20% of illegal immigrants who were captured had criminals records….
Assault Charge Dropped Against Border Patrol Agent Accused of Hitting Mexican Boy
A Border Patrol agent accused of assaulting a Mexican teenager at a Nogales station in January 2014 won’t be charged.
Donald Trump: Border Patrol Agents Unable to Enforce Lax Immigration Laws
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said immigrations laws are so lax that Border Patrol agents can’t do their jobs.
Border Patrol Finds Drug Smuggler in Scuba Gear Near Long Tunnel to Mexico
When Border Patrol agents found a man in scuba gear, they knew something odd was afoot.
Border Protection Commissioner Says It’s Impossible Not To Have Some Illegal Entries at Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump wants to seal off the border. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske says it’s not possible to keep everyone out of the U.S. “You’re certainly not going to have a border as long as we have with the government of Mexico that…
New DEA Leader: ‘El Chapo’ Likely Still in Mexico After Prison Escape
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is most likely still in Mexico after his escape from prison last month, the DEA’s new acting administrator said. Chuck Rosenberg told reporters, though, that he has no hard evidence of the escapee’s whereabouts but said Guzman is likely relying on the vast resources of his Sinaloa…
San Diego Union-Tribune: Advocates of Marijuana Legalization Miss Mark
A recent example of the logical abandon of today’s backers of legal marijuana is the plan to defund the Drug Enforcement Administration’s program to eradicate illegal marijuana (DEA/CESP), an $18 million program that eliminates millions of plants a year and arrests thousands of criminals, many of whom were brought here to labor for Mexican drug cartels controlling the marijuana black market.