Three Sheriff Joe cops arrested for drug, human smuggling

One of them, who worked in the human smuggling unit, had two illegal immigrants in his house along with ten pounds of heroin. Another is apparently a member of the Sinaloa cartel and pregnant with the child of a cartel leader. Both had been certified by ICE.

I’m not here to bash Sheriff Joe [...]

Sheriffs vs drug smugglers on the Arizona / Mexico border

Pima County AZ Sheriff’s Deputy Vincent Lopez stands over piles of burlap and potato sacks discarded in the Avra Valley desert. The bags once held bundles of marijuana that were walked across the border from Mexico. (Patrick McNamara/ The Explorer)

The new Arizona immigration law is unfair, biased, and targets the wrong people. That [...]