By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jennifer Weaver couldn’t believe what happened when she told a Border Patrol agent at a checkpoint in Texas that she had two pistols in her glove compartment with the proper concealed-handgun license in her purse. The Arizona Republic reports that Weaver was forced to the ground and was held for an…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A license plate tracking program established to seize cars and money to combat drug trafficking has gone far beyond its original scope and has led to the collection and storage of millions of records about motorists, Reuters reports. Not only is the database being used to track drug dealers, but state…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the second time in Texas in one week, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed man. The Associated Press reports that agents fatally shot the man after he drove through the inspection checkpoint at 5 p.m. Thursday. According to authorities, the motorist was in the inspection lane on Interstate 10…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The recent discovery of a drone carrying methamphetamine near the U.S. border in Mexico has raised some eyebrows. But the DEA said drones will not become tomorrow’s drug mules because they are not cost-effective, the Los Angeles Times reports. “This method will only allow a small amount of drugs to be…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are searching for a convicted drug lord who was released from prison after killing a DEA agent following a recent decision by a Mexican court, the Associated Press reports. The Mexican Supreme Court pressured a lower court to reverse the decision to release Rafael Caro Quintero in August 2013 after…
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…
