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Three of Sheriff Arpaio’s Officers Arrested
PHOENIX (CN) - Three members of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's staff were arrested on drug and human-trafficking charges, including a detention officer who allegedly is 8 months pregnant with the child of a drug lord.
It's the latest in a string of headlines for Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio, who calls himself the toughest sheriff in America.
His officers, two female detention officers and a male deputy, were among 12 arrested after a nearly year-long investigation of the drug smuggling ring, the Arizona Republic reported.
Marcella Hernandez, a detention officer, told authorities she is 8 months pregnant with the child of Francisco Arce-Torres, who is believed to be the ringleader of the operation and a member of the Sinaloa cartel. Sinaloa state, whose capital is Culiacan, is a longtime center of marijuana and opium traffic, and home to a series of vicious drug lords.
Arce-Torres was arrested and charged with conspiracy, managing an organized crime syndicate, money laundering, controlling an illegal enterprise, and transporting drugs.
CNN reported that Hernandez, who was booked for transporting drugs and money laundering, allegedly allowed Torres to use two of her homes as "stash houses for narcotics and illegal drugs proceeds." Hernandez, 27, allegedly was arrested with $20,000 cash in her purse when she arrived at work.
Sheriff's Deputy Alfredo Navarrette, a former member of Arpaio's human smuggling task force, admitted providing information to members of the cartel about the sheriff's crime-prevention operations, Arpaio said at a press conference.
"We came up with the information, and we clean up our own house," Arpaio said after the arrests. "We confirmed our concerns today when [Navarrette] admitted to going to our command center and getting information to give to the cartels."
Navarrette, who is charged with human smuggling, money laundering, controlling an illegal enterprise and conspiracy, allegedly placed security cameras around Torres' home and offered to sell assault rifles. When authorities arrived at Navarrette's house to arrest him, they found two illegal immigrants inside, the Republic reported.
"That a deputy sheriff would provide information and associate with these drug and human traffickers is despicable," Arpaio said.
Detention Officer Sylvia Najera was charged with money laundering and controlling a criminal enterprise.
The group allegedly helped transport about $56,000 worth of heroin per week, according to the Arizona Republic.
After his own department was audited, Arpaio was accused in April of misspending almost $100 million over 8 years. A federal grand jury has been looking into abuse-of-power charges against Arpaio since 2009.
Samuel the Lamanite wrote:Like and others interested in police brutality... have you taken the time to invsetigate the OathKeeprs. They are a very active group. Marched at the head of the protest in AZ where that former Marine was killed with 60 bullets.
Tribunal wrote:When policy and procedure trump common sense you have to wonder if humanity is lost!? Those mindless public 'servants' failed to serve the public! Simple! No excuse! Nothing! This is pure stupidy, and frankly, evil! Ugg!!!
shadow wrote:Tribunal wrote:When policy and procedure trump common sense you have to wonder if humanity is lost!? Those mindless public 'servants' failed to serve the public! Simple! No excuse! Nothing! This is pure stupidy, and frankly, evil! Ugg!!!
There was also reported that 75 people watched from the beach. Why didn't they go in? Their actions, or lack thereof, only solidifies the perception that it's the law enforcement that has all the power. Men's hearts failing on all sides of that story.
FDA sends US marshals to seize elderberry juice concentrate, deems it 'unapproved drug'
(NaturalNews) Wyldewood Cellars, a Kansas-based producer and distributor of elderberry juice, is the latest raid target of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which recently sent US marshals to the company's winery in Mulvane to confiscate the "unapproved drug." According to the rogue agency, Wyldewood had violated provisions in the US Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that restrict health claims for food items, warranting the sudden invasion.
According to Barry Grissom, US Attorney for Kansas, the FDA sent a warning letter to Wyldewood in 2006 to remove or modify certain health claims that it said were in violation of federal law, but the company did not comply. FDA officials claim that Wyldewood continued to make unapproved claims, and that seizing the product was the next step.
However, John Brewer, co-founder of Wyldewood, says that after receiving the initial FDA warning letter, his company hired a consultant familiar with FDA regulations to help his company reword their product descriptions. After making the appropriate changes, and clarifying that the elderberry products in question were supplements, Brewer says his company had done what it needed to in order to be in compliance.
"We haven't heard anything from (the FDA) since," he told reporters, noting that following the changes up until the raid, the FDA had ceased communicating with Wyldewood. "They've been in our facility multiple times. It's like, 'C'mon guys, we changed our label, we changed everything we thought we were supposed to do.' And then they show up and do this. (Supplements) seems to be one of their hot buttons these days."
This tactic, of course, has become all too common in recent years. A company receives a warning letter from the FDA, makes the appropriate changes, never hears anything further from the FDA, and out of nowhere gets raided. Such actions on behalf of the FDA are ultimately unwarranted and illegal, and the offended parties have every right to sue the agency for damages.
"You think you are doing things correctly, and there hasn't been any word, and all of a sudden you get this," said Brewer to The Kansas City Star.
Like wrote:FDA sends US marshals to seize elderberry juice concentrate, deems it 'unapproved drug'
(NaturalNews) Wyldewood Cellars, a Kansas-based producer and distributor of elderberry juice, is the latest raid target of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which recently sent US marshals to the company's winery in Mulvane to confiscate the "unapproved drug." According to the rogue agency, Wyldewood had violated provisions in the US Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that restrict health claims for food items, warranting the sudden invasion.
According to Barry Grissom, US Attorney for Kansas, the FDA sent a warning letter to Wyldewood in 2006 to remove or modify certain health claims that it said were in violation of federal law, but the company did not comply. FDA officials claim that Wyldewood continued to make unapproved claims, and that seizing the product was the next step.
However, John Brewer, co-founder of Wyldewood, says that after receiving the initial FDA warning letter, his company hired a consultant familiar with FDA regulations to help his company reword their product descriptions. After making the appropriate changes, and clarifying that the elderberry products in question were supplements, Brewer says his company had done what it needed to in order to be in compliance.
"We haven't heard anything from (the FDA) since," he told reporters, noting that following the changes up until the raid, the FDA had ceased communicating with Wyldewood. "They've been in our facility multiple times. It's like, 'C'mon guys, we changed our label, we changed everything we thought we were supposed to do.' And then they show up and do this. (Supplements) seems to be one of their hot buttons these days."
This tactic, of course, has become all too common in recent years. A company receives a warning letter from the FDA, makes the appropriate changes, never hears anything further from the FDA, and out of nowhere gets raided. Such actions on behalf of the FDA are ultimately unwarranted and illegal, and the offended parties have every right to sue the agency for damages.
"You think you are doing things correctly, and there hasn't been any word, and all of a sudden you get this," said Brewer to The Kansas City Star.
Samuel the Lamanite wrote:We're past that point already. There would have been a revolution back then but we have become sheeple and are sound asleep.
Samuel the Lamanite wrote:Tribunal, FYI, on another thread I asked the question, "What is your tipping point that would lead you to do what the 1776 Patriots did?" No answers back. So I ask you and those lurking on this thread, what is your tipping point?
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