By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents spotted a woman struggling to stay afloat in the All-American Canal in California on Wednesday evening after she climbed a fence and fell into the water. Calexico Border Patrol agents rescued the woman, saving her from drowning, KYMA reports. The 29-year-old Mexican national was taken to a medical…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s busy Yuma Sector has a new leader. On Tuesday, Anthony Porvaznik was named the Yuma Sector chief patrol agent and was sworn in during a ceremony in which his mission was made clear: “Protect America.” “I do not expect infallibility nor perfection,” Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said during…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Anthony J. Porvaznik was deployed to Bolivia in 1992 to crack down on raw materials being sold for drugs, he said he learned an important less of being a part of Border Patrol. “That experience taught me to emphasize the safety and value of the officers serving,” Porvaznik told the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Meet Border Patrol’s two newest enforcers – Lester and Lugo. The 4-month-old Belgian Malinois dogs arrived at the Yuma Sector K-9 unit this week, Yuma News Now reports. “Canines have been used in the Border Patrol as far back as the 1950s, but the current Yuma program started in 1986 with four…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who smuggled bundles of marijuana from the Arizona-Mexico border is set to be sentenced today, The Republic reports. Anaya, who also pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while committing a drug offense, was caught on surveillance loading bundles of pot into his patrol car between Yuma…
It’s not good p.r. when someone from your own agency sues because of a goof. In Arizona, the U.S. Attorney’s Office is trying to make this go away via a legal motion. In the end, the government might just have to end up forking some money over to make it vanish. By Dennis Wagner The…
