Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. isn’t doing enough to pressure Mexico to find the man who kidnapped and tortured a DEA agent after officials released him from a Mexican prison, Fox News reports. “Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena was a decorated agent, his death long forgotten if not for his killer’s recent release and Mexico ignoring our…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Long before James “Whitey” Bulger was captured in California in 2011, the notorious mobster was the subject of more than a dozen books. Now that he’s been convicted and headed to prison for life, many more books are in the works – “books by relatives of his victims, books by his crime…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The long-unsolved Tylenol killings will no longer be led by the FBI, a disappointment for those holding out for a justice, the Chicago Tribune reports. The news comes near the 31st anniversary of the seven deaths of Chicago residents who ingested cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules in 1982. The discovery of cyanide sent a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Convicted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger made a lot of money during his murderous rampage in the 1980s. A family of a woman murdered filed a petition in court Monday seeking to find out exactly how much he and his cohorts made and what other properties they have as a result of their…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new book explores the secret world of FBI informants, questioning the extent of bureau protection for killers and other criminals, U.S. News & World Report said. “Deal With the Devil: The FBI’s Secret Thirty-Year Relationship with a Mafia Killer” is written by investigative reporter and former ABC correspondent Peter Lance, who…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was convicted of 11 murders, the victims of 19 homicide victims want to be heard during sentencing in November, The Boston Globe reports. Bulger’s attorney, J.W. Carney Jr., initially considered opposing the request but acknowledged there’s not much he can do. “Federal law permits family members…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal jury has found notorious gang member Adalberto Ariel Guzman guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and firearms offenses, the FBI reports. Monday’s conviction offers some relief to family members and friends of a mother and her 2-year-old who were shot execution-style in Central Islip, New York, in 2010. Guzman,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Paul A. Moses cruised through the last three decades while the Missouri family of a murdered woman desperately sought the killer. On Tuesday, FBI agents arrested the 64-year-old suspected murderer on federal charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, the FBI reports. A Jasper County arrest warrant also charges Moses with murder….
