By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is beginning to help investigate the disappearance of 43 college students in Mexico, even as evidence recently surfaced that the country’s government may have been involved in rounding up the young people, NBC News reports. The students, who were training to be teachers, vanished on Sept. 26 after protesting…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A claim that a Border Patrol agent was kidnapped by a Mexican cartel has prompted the agency to increase safety in some border towns, UPI reports. As new safety measures are taken, Border Patrol officials said no agents are missing from the Rio Grande Valley sector, but they are still trying…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is investigating the reported kidnapping of one of its agents and has begun trying to account for all of its employees in the Rio Grand Valley area, according to several reports. 3KIII-TV reported that an agent may have been kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. According to KRGV, the La…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a dramatic shift, more migrants from countries outside of Mexico were captured crossing into the U.S., which hasn’t been seen for at least two decades, the New York Times reports. The annual figures published by Homeland Security show a 15% rise in total apprehensions in the 2014 fiscal year, with a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 38-year-old Customs and Border Protection Officer is accused of helping drug smugglers cross into the U.S., Fox News reports. Jose Luis Zavala, who works in Brownsville, Texas, was arrested on charges of drug smuggling and corruption. He was arrested Dec. 12 and placed on administrative leave. An initial story incorrectly…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent came under fire Sunday morning while pulling over a car during a routine traffic stop, KFOX14 reports. The incident happened around 7:25 a.m. when the suspect opened fire on the agent as he approached the car in Hudspeth County, which borders Mexico in Texas. The agent returned…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A drug smuggler mauled by a Border Patrol dog while trying to bring drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border is suing the federal government, The Week reports. Jose Manual Marino-Najera, 31, said he crossed the border into Arizona and fell asleep under a tree when the dog mauled him. The lawsuit claims…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drug smugglers have tried all kinds of clever – and not so clever – ways to get their products across the Mexican border and into the U.S. On Tuesday morning, Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized nearly $100,000 worth of marijuana dropped from an ultralight aircraft Tuesday, AZ Family reports….
