Mexico
Sophisticated Drug Tunnel Found at Mexico-Az Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Drug tunnels continue to pop up along the U.S.-Mexican border. The latest: The Associated Press reports that authorities discovered in Nogales, Az., a fairly sophisticated 250-foot-long unfinished tunnel underneath the U.S.-Mexico border that had electricity, water pumps and ventilation. AP reported that Chief Border Patrol Agent Randy Hill says the tunnel…
Gun Dealer Was Concerned About ATF’s Gun-Walking Program
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A controversial ATF gun-walking program apparently concerned an Arizona gun dealer, who like many others, had been encouraged by ATF to keep selling weapons to straw purchasers, all with the hopes agents would trace them to the higher levels of the Mexican drug cartels. Problem was some of those…
FBI Dir. Robert Mueller Says U.S. On Guard From Attacks That Might Emanate from Libya
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III assured a Congressional committee Wednesday that the FBI is working to make sure the homeland is safe from attacks emanating from Libya, Fox News reported. Mueller, testifying before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, said the…
Lawlessness Along the Mexican Border: 2 Americans Murdered and Border Agent Busted For Drugs
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s no shortage of lawlessness along the Mexican border. Two Americans were murdered and a Border Patrol agent was busted for drugs in two separate incidents. On Monday, two Americans who work for the San Diego-based West Coast Beverage Maintenance were shot and killed inside their company pickup truck as they…
Az. Border Agent Shot Fleeing Mexican 3 Times in the Back, Sheriff’s Dept. Says
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The deadly drama at the Mexican border continues to play out in so many different way. The latest: The Associated Press reports that the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department on Monday said that a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a Mexican man three times in the back as he tried climbing a…
Obama Pleads Ignorance: Says He Never Knew About Controversial ATF Gun Program
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama is pleading ignorance about a controversial ATF operation that let gun traffickers pass on the goods so agents could track them to the higher levels of the Mexican cartels. The President, in an interview with Univision that he and Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. ever authorized the…