FBI, Local Police Probe Fatal Shooting of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators in helicopters and on ATVs and horseback scoured the desert near the U.S.-Mexico line Tuesday to piece together what happened when a Border Patrol agent...
View ArticleInvestigators Still Puzzled Over Shooting that Killed Border Patrol Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As investigators continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in the border town of Naco, Ariz., another agent who was shot during the incident...
View ArticleFBI: Arizona AG Tom Horne Involved in Hit-And-Run to Avoid Evidence of an...
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has accused Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne of leaving the scene of an accident because he was trying to conceal a relationship with a female employee, the...
View ArticleArizona Man Charged with Bombing a Government Office Had Ingredients for a...
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com An Arizona man charged with trying to blow up a Social Security Administration Office was researching how to build the type of powerful bombs used by terrorists, the...
View ArticleFeds Investigate Border Agent’s Deadly Shooting of Illegal Immigrant in Tucson
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com The feds are investigating a deadly shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the mountains of Arizona, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Authorities said the...
View ArticleATF Dog is Mauled by Pit Bull During Warrant Search
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF agents shot a pit bull Thursday for attacking their service dog while delivering a state warrant in Arizona, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Agents were searching...
View ArticleReport: Border Patrol Shot, Killed Mexican Teen from Behind
The Border Patrol has maintained its agent opened fire on a 16-year-old because he was throwing rocks at authorities from the Mexican border to Arizona. But the USA Today is reporting that ten of...
View ArticleImmigration Activist Arrested, Pepper-Sprayed After Trying to Intervene in...
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An immigration activist who tried to intervene in a traffic stop by Tucson Police on Sunday was arrested and pepper-sprayed after authorities say he crawled under a...
View ArticleSierra Club Accused Border Patrol of Endangering Wildlife, Environment in...
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The environmental group, Sierra Club, has released a video that shows untold damage from Border Patrol roads cut into the desert through the Organ Pipe National...
View ArticleFriday’s Planned Sequester Could Force Big Payroll Reductions at CBP
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CBP officials warned Congress that failing to prevent the planned sequester Friday would force the agency to cut hours by the equivalent of a quarter of its workforce...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Pursuit Leads to Death of 5 in Rollover Accident in Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A van being pursued by the Border Patrol this weekend flipped over and killed five people in southern Arizona, the Associated Press reports. Authorities found 22 people...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Agents Save More than 175 People in Scorching Arizona Desert
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 175 people trying to find freedom in America were rescued while trying to traverse the scorching Arizona border over the past month, the Associated Press...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Concerned About Growth of Border Patrol
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Add environmentalists to the groups of people opposing the growth of the Border Patrol. The inundation of 20,000 agents could irrevocably damage the Southern Arizona’s...
View ArticleTucson Sector of Border Patrol Gets New Leader from Washington D.C.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Felix Chavez, who served as deputy division chief of operations for Border Patrol at Washington headquarters, is returning to the Tucson Sector to take the job as...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Accused of Excessive Force, Illegal Searches in Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are accused of using excessive force and conducting illegal searches on people in southern Arizona, the Arizona Republic reports. The ACLU claims...
View ArticleArizona Republic Editorial: Don’t think Border Patrol Impacts You? Arizona...
By Editorial Board The Arizona Republic You might shrug off concerns about how the Border Patrol operates. After all, it’s just the border. Migrants. Smugglers. Lawbreakers. It’s not about you and...
View ArticleHe Did What?! Man Tries to Smuggle Thai Woman into U.S. in Suitcase
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents find some of the most bizarre ways that people smuggle humans into the U.S. But a recent discovery surprised even veterans in the field, the...
View Article$600,000 Houses for Border Patrol Agents Comes Under Investigation by...
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Opening an investigation into the costly price tag for housing for Border Patrol agents in Arizona, the Homeland Security Department has sent inspectors to the former...
View ArticleRobots to Help Border Patrol Capture Illegal Activity in Tunnel Systems...
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Tunnel systems that run between the U.S. and Mexico border are used to transport drugs, people, weapons and other illegal material. Now, Border Patrol agents are using...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Man Following Scuffle in Southern Arizona
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in southern Arizona following a struggle between the pair, the Associated Press reports. Authorities were tracking a...
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