I’ve often wondered why the Juarez plaza is so hotly contested by Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations. I surmise that there’s
Category: Law Enforcement
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
Simple Solutions to Complex Issues
Calling Black Lives Matters a “radical hate group” dismisses their legitimate grievances. Police often take adversarial positions to the communities
How Quickly They Forget.
El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen got himself in trouble with some of our elected officials this weekend when he
You can’t keep a good man down.
According to reports in the Mexican media, drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero may be staging a comeback in Ciudad Juarez.
Here’s Looking Up Your Old Address
Another day, another fruitless anal probe performed on a U.S. citizen by Customs and Border Protection. From the Arizona Capitol
El Guero Palma is Almost Free
Héctor Luis “El Guero” Palma Salazar, one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel, will be released from U.S. custody
Add Oklahoma to the List of States Not to Visit
If you’re driving in Oklahoma, and you see the flashing lights in your mirror, you might end up homeless, according
It’s Only (Your) Money
Remember when the Pope visited Juarez last February. The Diario reveals today that it cost the City of El Paso