By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Murders, robberies and rapes were down in the U.S. in 2009, according to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released Monday. The report said violent crimes were down 5.5 percent over last year and property crimes dropped 4.9 percent. More specifically, robberies dropped 8.1 percent; murder, 7.2 percent;…
While the U.S. fights battles in Afghanistan and Iraq, another war far closer threatens the safety of people in the U.S. — the drug war in Mexico where murder of police is common place. Now the war there is spreading. The money is too good for it to simply die off. More needs to be…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — If there’s any doubt the narco-terror war in Mexico is real and getting crazier– just look to Saturday: 69 people were murdered, including 26 in the border town of Ciudad Juarez, the Associated Press is reporting. In 2009, Mexico recorded more than 6,500 drug related murders. The AP reports…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A week after a judge dismissed murder-related charges against 5 Blackwater guards who worked in Iraq, the Justice Department came back with murder charges against two former Blackwater guards who were detailed to Afghanistan. The U.S. Attorney in Alexandria filed second-degree murder and attempted murder charges on Thursday against…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Down in southern Illinois, Sheriff Raymond Martin enjoyed the respect of the people of Gallatin County — that is until the feds busted him last May on charges of selling marijuana while in uniform. Now things have only gotten worse. Martin, who has been sheriff since 1990, was charged with plotting…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Amid all the gloomy and scary news about the Mexican drug cartel violence, comes a little good news. USA Today reports that beefed up law enforcement patrols along the U.S. Mexican border may be helping prevent some of the Mexican drug cartel violence from spilling over to the U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The number of crimes involving violence, property and arson dropped in the first half of 2009 compared to the same time last year, according to the FBI’s Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report released Monday. The FBI said it was the third year in a row crime had declined during…
The war on drugs in Mexico is more than just a war on the flow of cocaine and other drugs. It’s about stability in the Mexican government, law and order, mass murder, fear and the corruption of American law enforcement agents. When so much money is involved, it takes a lot to bring things under…
