Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chap’ Guzman Escapes Prison through Mile-Long Tunnel
Mexico’s most notorious drug lord has escaped from prison again.
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Federal Judge: Mother of Mexican Teen Killed by Border Patrol Agent May Sue U.S.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge has ruled that the mother of a Mexican teen killed in a cross-border shooting by a Border Patrol agent may sue the government, the Desert News reports. U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins denied the government’s motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that the victim,…
Liquid Meth Is No. 1 Drug Crossing Border Because of Cheaper Ingredients
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Forget marijuana and cocaine. The No. 1 drug entering the U.S. from the Southwest border is liquid methamphetamine, KSAT.com reports. “The Mexican cartels have figured out a very effective way to massively produce very low cost, inexpensive methamphetamine year-round,” said Wendell Campbell, spokesperson for the DEA’s Houston division. One reason it…
Homeland Security’s Jeh Johnson: Illegal Immigration Drops to Lowest in Decades
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A year after a surge in illegal immigrant children and their families trying to cross the U.S. border, illegal immigration is on pace to be the lowest this year than any year since 1972, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday, the Washington Times reports. Johnson stopped short of saying whether…
Lawsuit: Does U.S. Constitution Protect Mexicans in Their Home Country?
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is a Mexican boy shot in his home country protected by the U.S. Constitution? The question is at the center of a lawsuit filed by the family of a Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent near Nogales, Sonora, in 2012, the Associated Press reports. …
Former DEA Head Thomas A. Constantine dies at age of 76
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Thomas A. Constantine, the former tough-talking chief of the DEA, died May 3 at a hospice in Pinehurst, N.C., the Washington Post reports. He was 76. Constantine. who died after getting a staph infection, was chosen as the head of the DEA by President Bill Clinton in 1994 after the former…
Mexican Immigrant Busted for Stealing Border Patrol Agent’s Identity
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents did a double-take after checking a bus passenger’s papers at a checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas. The passenger’s license, birth certificate and Social Security card all identified the passenger as 34-year-old David, a fellow Border Patrol agent assigned to the same area, Valley Central reports. Agents knew it wasn’t…
Border Patrol Tries New Approach, Trading Gun And Cuffs for Coat and Tie
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Mexican immigrants think of the Border Patrol, they often think of agents in green uniform with a gun, handcuffs and a baton. Intimidating figures. Now the agency is taking a more humanitarian approach and is urging immigrants to dissuade others from crossing the border because it is more dangerous and…