Arpaio Launches Crime Suppression Sweep

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GILA BEND, Ariz. -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has launched another crime suppression sweep, this time the in the desert south of Gila Bend.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said the area is a busy thoroughfare for drug trafficking and human smuggling.

"I am trying to send a message to Mexico," Arpaio said. "We will not let anyone hurt our deputies. We will fight back."

Arpaio brought in 100 deputies and posse members for the sweep.

Also on hand was a Bear Cat SWAT vehicle with a .50-caliber machine gun on top.

The sweep netted a much smaller number of arrests than recent crime suppression operations in Maricopa County. Deputies pulled over one car they said they thought to be involved in human smuggling. It had seven people inside. By the end of the night, deputies said they had arrested 11 people.

It was the 16th crime suppression sweep launched by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

Arpaio said the sweep was not connected to Thursday's hearing challenging Senate Bill 1070, Arizona's tough new immigration law that makes it a crime to be in the state illegally.

He said he plans to launch another crime suppression operation on July 29, the date SB 1070 goes into effect.

http://www.kpho.com/news/24278446/detail.html#

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JOE IS A GREAT MAN I LOVE HIM I WISH HIM THE BEST AND WISH ETERNAL HELLFIRE ON HIS ENEMIES AND OPPONENTS.

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JOE IS A GREAT MAN I LOVE HIM I WISH HIM THE BEST AND WISH ETERNAL HELLFIRE ON HIS ENEMIES AND OPPONENTS.

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Just by announcing the sweep, and the day it is going to take place, is going to deter crime. On that day.

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Arpaio on 16th immigration sweep; takes out the ‘big gun’

The Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched its 16th crime and immigration sweep in a stretch of desert in the southwestern U.S.-Mexico border, on Thursday.

Although the next crime suppression operation had been announced for July 29, Arpaio said the one-day sweep was executed sooner due to reports of many drug and immigrant smugglers activity through the Vekol Valley.

Arpaio ordered the deployment of a powerful belt-fed .50 caliber machine gun to be on site during the operation to ensure deputies' safety, as there have been recent reports of violence in the desolate desert areas.

“If anyone shuts at our deputies, they are going to have a problem,” said Arpaio in a news conference in the minutes prior to the sweep.

In a later statement, Arpaio also said that he is not afraid, but well prepared to face drug traffickers.

"I want to send a message to these criminal traffickers that we will not be intimidated by reports claiming that traffickers are better equipped than our law enforcement officers […] we have the machine guns too and we will not hesitate to use them if the situation calls for it."

By late Thursday night, sheriff's deputies said they had arrested 11 people, including seven of those being investigated for human trafficking. The rest were detained for outstanding warrants and traffic violations.

Thursday's crime sweep coincided with the very first federal hearing regarding Arizona's new immigration law, but Arpaio denied any connection between the two. The next planned sweep is set to take place July 29th, the same day Senate Bill 1070 is scheduled to take effect.

http://www.examiner.com/x-9270-LA-Border-and-Immigration-Examiner~y2010m7d16-Arpaio-on-16th-immigration-sweep-takes-out-the-big-gun

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They don't use guns to obtain plain rolls?

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