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Osiel Cardenas Jr.Courtesy of the Brownsville Police Department

Border

Fmr Mexican Drug Lords Son Admits Moving Assault Weapons into Mexico

Tammy Waitt - August 8, 2022

Steven Alston Jr., a Magruder High school student is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a 15-year-old boy inside one of the school's bathrooms just after noon on Friday with a ‘ghost gun’. Alston, an 11th grader, was charged with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/violent crime, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property, and possession of a firearm by a minor. (Courtesy of YouTube)

Campus Security

17yo MD Student Arrested for Ghost Gun School Shooting (Video)

Tammy Waitt - January 23, 2022

Campus Security

AST Releases 2019 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION Magazine

Tammy Waitt - January 5, 2020

Raven's Challenge is a series of interoperability exercises that are designed to give Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians and Public Safety Bomb technicians the opportunity to merge their resources and perform Counter-IED operations together in a realistic environment.

CBRNE Detection

EOD Save the Date: ATF 2019 Raven’s Challenge Interoperability Exercise

Tammy Waitt - March 17, 2019

Campus Security

Vigilant Solutions in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards (Videos)

Tammy Waitt - September 18, 2018

In 2013, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson uploaded designs for a 3-D-printed gun online, and was told by the Dept of State (DOS) that he was in violation of a law prohibiting the export of guns without a license. After a lengthy legal battle, the DOS settled a lawsuit giving Wilson permission to publish plans to print guns, which he said he will begin doing on Aug. 1.

Crisis Responders

3D Guns: Untraceable, Undetectable & Unstoppable? (Learn More, Videos)

Tammy Waitt - August 1, 2018

Crisis Responders

The US Marshal Service, A View from the Inside (Learn More,...

Tammy Waitt - September 13, 2017

Federal

Wildboys Sentenced for Drive-By Shootings Follow HSI Investigation

Tammy Waitt - June 12, 2017