That's Nuts: A Border Patrol Story
- Patrick Duggan
- Jan 13
- 3 min read
The Detail You Can't Ignore
Deep in a Human Rights Watch report - 224 pages obtained through FOIA litigation - there's an entry that stops you cold.
A man in Border Patrol custody was bitten in the testicle by an agency dog.
They denied him medical treatment for approximately one month.
He required surgical removal.
Read that again.
A federal law enforcement agency let a man's testicle become so infected from an untreated dog bite that doctors had to cut it off.
The Agency's Messaging
Here's DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, January 8, 2026:
"We are arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens including rapists, pedophiles, and drug traffickers."
Here's what her agency actually does:
Lets dogs bite detainees in the genitals
Denies medical care for a month
Forces surgical amputation through neglect
Who's the worst of the worst again?
The Full Picture
The testicle is not an isolated incident. The same HRW documents reveal:
A young girl forced to undress and inappropriately touched by a guard wearing a Border Patrol uniform
A male detainee propositioned for sex by an officer in exchange for release
A second officer made similar advances while conducting body searches
A female applicant reported an officer "touched my intimate parts really hard"
A woman beaten until bleeding, "thrown to the ground" and "slammed" by Border Patrol
A man beaten so severely he lost consciousness, suffered brain swelling, and required hospitalization
A Border Patrol agent on horseback kicked an asylum seeker, calling him "a fucking moron"
A sexual assault "game" at the Border Patrol academy
Entire classes of trainees and instructors participating
35 documented instances of sexual misconduct
Female agents warned about this since the 1990s
214 allegations of sexual abuse of minors (2009-2014)
285 documented sexual misconduct complaints since 2009
CBP personnel 5x more likely to be arrested than local police
287 arrests of CBP personnel in fiscal 2018 alone
The Accountability Gap
The man who lost his testicle: What happened to his case? Unknown.
The officers who denied him care: What happened to them? Unknown.
The guard who touched the young girl: What happened to him? Unknown.
The "Game of Smiles" instructors: What happened to them? Unknown.
DHS documents these incidents. They don't resolve them.
Today's Development
As of January 13, 2026, a DHS whistleblower has released the identities of approximately 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents to ICE List, an accountability database.
The trigger: The killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis.
The whistleblower's statement: "The shooting was the last straw for many people."
4,500 names. Tonight.
The watchers are being watched.
The Question
DHS wants you to believe they're protecting America from "rapists and pedophiles."
Ask yourself:
Which organization has 214 documented allegations of child sexual abuse?
Which organization runs a sexual assault "game" at their training academy?
Which organization let a dog bite off a man's testicle through medical neglect?
The call is coming from inside the house.
The author runs DugganUSA's threat intelligence platform from Minneapolis, where 3,000 federal agents are currently conducting what DHS calls its "largest enforcement operation ever." He has reported 102,171 malicious IPs to AbuseIPDB and believes in accountability for everyone - including the accountable.
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