At three Tuesday afternoon I was home, trying to punch out a story through the fog of the night before.
Category: Law Enforcement
Tarahumara Drug Runners
This is a great story about an international humanitarian tragedy, out of Texas Monthly. Mexican cartels, meanwhile, recognized an opportunity
Doña Ana County Jail Director Busted For Pot
Did you read that the Doña Ana County Jail Director got busted for pot? From the Las Cruces Sun Times:
El Paso’s Finest
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times this past weekend? On June 23, 2015, Maria Ramirez called
We’re Number 1, Again!
This story in El Diario about a book called Los Narcos Gringos makes an interesting assertion: “El Paso, como muchas
The Fourth Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz
Four years ago today, El Paso Police Officer Jose Flores shot and killed handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in the sallyport
Our Justice System at Work
Many people have complained that our District Attorney Jaime Esparza has not done enough to weed out public corruption. Well,
Corruption at DHS
I’ve often wondered why the Juarez plaza is so hotly contested by Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations. I surmise that there’s
SWAT Nation: Welcome to Amerika!
Here’s a disturbing video of a SWAT raid on some citizens’ house, taken from a documentary called Do Not Resist.
Bikers Arrested, Y Que?
Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? It’s the next chapter, and maybe the culmination, of a
Happy Days are Here Again!
Good news, El Paso. All that economic development we’ve been planning for is starting to pay off. According to this
Jorge Talks
In an interview with El Universal, Jorge, a purported chief in La Linea, the armed wing of the Juarez Cartel,
Contrabandistas
Here’s the latest news from the El Paso Times, dateline June 16, 1924: With only three shells, Threepersons grabbed Jara,
Get ready. Dystopia is just around the corner.
Here’s some cheery news to put the upcoming weekend in perspective: According to a startling Pentagon video obtained by The
Take me back to Tulsa. Please.
In Tulsa, if a cop shoots an unarmed man, the cop gets charged. In El Paso, if a cop shoots
Law and Order: Chucotown
El Paso Times Editor Bob Moore alerted us, via Facebook, to the arbitrator’s ruling on the decision to reinstate Officer
It’s Open Season on Handcuffed Prisoners
None of you have forgotten the horrific “accidental death” of handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz when he was shot by El
The Killers and the Hitchhiker
This sounds like a movie. Read it now, or watch in a couple of years on our Sunday Matinee. A
The Long and the Short of It
According to this story from ABC News, the chief security officer in Ciudad Acuña has banned miniskirts. The security chief
Why your taxes are so high
The City has renewed its partnership with the CBP to keep the bridge lines short. From KVIA: The City of