Border Patrol

In early December, the Mexican army arrested 14-year-old Edgar Jimenez Lugo, a U.S. citizen who goes by the nickname “El Ponchis” (the cloaked one), who has been working as a hit man for the South Pacific Cartel since he was 11-years-o…

During a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, in San Diego, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath told the court that when authorities raided the home of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Marcos Gerardo Manzano Jr., they discovered an underground bunker in his…

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Texas woman who wants to sue the Federal Government for sending her U.S. citizen baby to Mexico with the child's illegal immigrant father. Monica Castro's daughter was a day from her first birthday w…

Following my Monday column, I was contacted by an investigative reporter wanting to learn more, and inquiring about my willingness to share sources.  I put those wheels in motion because I believe it’s important to break this story beyo…

NOGALES, Ariz., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Lawmakers from U.S. states bordering Mexico say they want a larger National Guard Deployment to counter rising Drug Cartel violence. U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, has proposed Legislation allowing border-state governo…

Although Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) is obviously not the congressman of anyone living in the St. Louis area, as the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he will be in an important position of accountabi…