Udate: Thursday 11:40 a.m. — The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Ex-Cop Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty this morning to misprision of a felony (a charge for concealing a known felony), for failing to report a conspiracy to obstruct justice in the investigation of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans. To read press…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An Orange County, Calif. man has been charged with running a massive visa fraud scheme that involved taking exams for students from counties like Saudia Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey and Qatar so they could maintain their lawful immigration status, authorities said Monday. Eamon Daniel Higgins, 46, of Laguna…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mexican authorities, acting on info from U.S. federal investigators, shut down a yet to be completed underground tunnel on Wednesday that originated in Tijuana, Mexico and extended 860 feet into San Diego. The tunnel, measuring just under 1000 feet in length and 90 to 100 feet in depth, had lighting, ventilation…
BY GERARDO REYES Miami Herald MIAMI — Luis Angel Ortiz was being driven to a party in Medellín when the car came to a halt and a man in the back seat put a gun to his head. Time to pay up, Ortiz was told. The threat came from the chief of a Medellín drug…
A rookie mistake? Hardly. By The Newark Star-Ledger Staff NEWARK –– A federal immigration agent suspected of robbing drug dealers was arrested yesterday during a pre-dawn sting at a Newark warehouse where he allegedly tried to steal what he believed was a shipment of cocaine, authorities said. Valentino Johnson, a 25-year-old rookie agent, was surrounded…
This case is just another example of the danger the Mexican drug cartels pose to the U.S. Not only have the cartels penetrated the government of Mexico, but they’ve managed to infiltrate U.S. law enforcement. Money corrupts. And there’s plenty to go around. By Robert Anglen and Daniel González The Arizona Republic The former agent…
For the sixth straight summer, the U.S. has been running these flights. And in all likelihood these flights don’t charge extra for checking in luggage. By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Writer PHOENIX –– Immigration authorities are flying illegal immigrants deep into their native Mexico from Southern Arizona to discourage dangerous crossings in triple-digit desert heat….
Quotas open the door for people to question motives of law enforcement. Are agents just making arrests to fill quotas? By Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today (Monday) that he has ended quotas on a controversial program designed to go after illegal immigrants who have ignored deportation…
