Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who ordered the kidnapping, torture and killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, has stashed billion of dollars in secret overseas accounts, an ex-DEA agent claims. “Caro Quintero had billions of dollars stashed in secret bank accounts in Luxembourg and in Switzerland,” former DEA agent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fugitive drug lord accused in the 1985 kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarenais complaining that the U.S. is causing an “infernal nightmare” for his loved ones, McClatchy reports. Rafael Caro Quintero, who was released from on Aug. 8 prison early on procedural grounds, is appealing to Mexico’s president for…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent credited with capturing notorious gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger provides new details about the June 2011 arrest, CBS reports. CBS released a short clip previewing the interview with Scott Garriola that will be aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday. When FBI agents raided Bulger’s apartment, they found a collection of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorneys for notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger plan to appeal his murder and racketeering conviction less than a week after he was sentenced to two life terms in prison, Reuters reports. The brief filing in U.S. District Court in Boston does not list specific objections. But Reuters suggests Bulger’s attorneys may be…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The relatives of James “Whitey” Bulger’s victims spoke out Wednesday during a pre-sentencing hearing for the notorious mobster, the Boston Globe reports. But no matter what the relatives said, Bulger stood impassively with his back to them. “You won’t even turn around and look at us?” said Patrick Callahan, shaking his head…
Howie Carr Boston Herald Whitey Bulger, you wanted to kill me, but I’m still alive. And you’re dead. You’re not going to last long in a real prison, you bully, you coward. I heard you’ve told some of the guards down at Plymouth you would have killed me for sure but you were concerned about…
By Matt Connolly Patriot Ledger This week we see the commencement of the Great Charade which will receive as much coverage in the local media as the Red Sox Parade. If some had their innermost wishes fulfilled, Whitey Bulger would be fettered to a stake on the back of a duck boat and driven through…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger has “no redeeming qualities” and should die in prison, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bulger is awaiting sentencing next week after being convicted of racketeering and murder charges. “Bulger is one of the most violent and despicable criminals in Boston…
