The Collision Between Drugs and Environmental Forces in Central America

By Ross Paker ticklethewire.com Two months ago this column discussed the effect that America’s insatiable appetite for drugs was having on two contrasting Central American nations—violent and impoverished Honduras and peaceful and idyllic Costa Rica. Because of the success of DEA and the U.S. military at interdicting South American drug shipments by sea, the Colombian…

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ICE Investigates Human Smuggling After Deadly Crash

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents are investigating human smuggling after a truck packed with illegal immigrants crashed in rural southern Texas, killing 17 and injuring nine, the Associated Press reports. Of the those killed, 11 were male and three female. At least two were children. They came from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras,…

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