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| Arizona Sheriff Recieving Death Threats from Mexican Cartels |
| 2010-07-06 |
| A high-profile Arizona law-enforcement officer who has been outspoken about his support for the state's controversial new immigration law is receiving death threats, myFOXphoenix.com reported late Monday. Some of the threats against Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu were from the Mexican mafia and drug cartel members. Outside law enforcement teams brought in to investigate the threats found them credible. Babeu was very outspoken about the need to secure the state's border with Mexico -- a known entry point to the U.S. for drug smugglers and illegal immigrant traffickers -- and supports law SB1070, which makes illegal immigration a state crime. Despite the threats, Babeu declined a personal security detail because the county resources were already stretched. "I understand this threat, yet I will not run in fear or change my support for SB1070 and my demands for President Obama to secure our border with 3,000 armed soldiers in Arizona and start building the fence again," he said. "I'm always armed, and as every law enforcement member knows, we always have to be aware of our surroundings and possible threats." Pinal County is nearly 5,400 square miles and much of the desert is known as a drug and human trafficking corridor. |
| Posted by:Groting Ulolurt4898 |
| #5 But not to worry, Sherriff BO OBama is to the rescue. Lets sue Arizona and let the sherriff die at the hands of the drug lords. Where are the feds??? The secret service??? The security that the nasty hate monger preacher that Zero loves would be helpfull, or maybe the new black panthers can leave the polling booths for just a few and actually do something good for America! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-07-06 23:09 |
| #4 http://www.mapwatch.com/multi-maps/full/arizona-county-map.gif Pinal County is just East of Maricopa County, and it is not a border County. It contains a big part of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Gila River Indian Community. This means undeveloped tribal lands. The Tohono O'odham res is about the size of Connecticut and goes all the way into Mexico. And this is the problem. The only border crossings for them are some iron gates. So drug smugglers take a corridor through their lands all the way up to Pinal County.
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| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-06 18:28 |
| #3 I would guess that threatening US officials is easier and safer than attacking. |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-07-06 15:44 |
| #2 Criminals are after easy money, threatening is easier than killing. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-07-06 15:03 |
| #1 Dunno. The Cartels do NOT threaten; they murder without notice. And they do it in the worst possible ways. |
| Posted by: Boss Omomomp9613 2010-07-06 14:49 |