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Mexican Cartel Leader Convicted of Torture, Murder of DEA Agent Could Soon Be Released
A Mexican cartel leader convicted of the 1985 torture and murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar could soon be released from prison in Mexico.
Border Patrol Investigates Claims That Agent Was Kidnapped on Christmas by Mexican Cartel
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is investigating the reported kidnapping of one of its agents and has begun trying to account for all of its employees in the Rio Grand Valley area, according to several reports. 3KIII-TV reported that an agent may have been kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. According to KRGV, the La…
Top Dog for the Killer Zetas Cartel is Captured
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The top dog of the killer Zetas drug cartel in Mexico was captured, Tracy Wilkinson of the LA Times reports. The Times reports that Mexican naval special forces seized Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, alias Z-40, in Nuevo Laredo, a border city across from Laredo, Texas, in the state of Tamaulipas. She…
More Guns Show Up from Botched Gun-Trafficking Operation Fast and Furious
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two weapons linked to the botched gun-trafficking Operation Fast and Furious were found at the scene of a deadly drug cartel gunfight last month, the Tribune Washington Bureau reports. The guns – an AK-47 assault rifle and 5.7 mm pistol – illustrate that some of the 2,000 weapons lost under Operation Fast and…
FBI: Mexican Drug Cartel Profits Invested in U.S. Horse Racing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican drug cartel is accused of using Bank of America Corp. to invest money generated from selling cocaine into U.S. horse racing, Bloomberg reports. Jose Trevino-Morales, the brother of the cartel’s alleged leader, was indicted by a grand jury June 11. “The ultimate goal of this money laundering operation was to…
ATF Whistleblower Expresses Disappointment With Probe
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal whistleblower in the scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious says in an interview with Fox News he’s “disheartened and disappointed” by the follow-up investigations. ATF Special Agent John Dodson said he’s frustrated with the government’s response to his February 2011 complaints, which revealed that ATF was encouraging gun dealers…