Mexican Drug Cartel Allegedly Puts a Price on Arizona Sheriff’s Head
KUTP-TV (Phoenix), August 2, 2010
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On the day parts of Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070, went into effect, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in the news for another reason: there’s a price on his head–allegedly offered by a Mexican drug cartel.
The audio message in Spanish is a bit garbled, but the text is clear.
“It’s offering a million dollars for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s head and offering a thousand dollars for anyone who wants to join the Mexican cartel.”
A man who wants to remain anonymous says his wife received the text message Tuesday evening. It also included an international phone number and instructions to pass the message along.
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The Sheriff’s office says investigators are trying to trace exactly where the text message came from, but because it did originate from an international number, that will be difficult too.
