A Mexican drug cartel has reportedly put a hefty price tag on the head of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

As parts of Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, went into effect last week, a Mexican drug cartel sent out text and audio messages offering rewards to anyone who would join its fight, a source who says his wife received the message told MyFoxPhoenix.com.

"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," the man, who wants to remain anonymous, told the station.

The instructions included directions to pass the message along and listed an international phone number, MyFoxPhoenix.com reported.

The man reported the message to the Sheriff’s Department, which says it believes the message originated in Mexico and could be credible. But even if the message isn’t authentic, Lisa Allen of the Sheriff's office told MyFoxPhoenix.com, it could still pose a threat.

"It's going so many different places that our folks are looking at it and thinking well, at any given point in time, it could land in front of some crazy person who thinks I can do that," she said.

The sheriff's office hopes to track down the exact source of the messages, but says that may be difficult to do with an international number, the station reported.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/02/mexican-drug-cartel-allegedly-puts-price-arizona-sheriffs-head/

Hopefully the Federal Government will step in and help him out and issue him a protection detail.

Faux news.

I have to wait to have the story confirmed elsewhere before I can trust it is the truth.

Sorry.

i was kinda thinking the same thing...

likely and symptomatic of emotionalism and impatience,,,

what?

It is being widely reported all over local News Stations in Arizona.
The story was also run by the Associated Press.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has faced many death threats before and has never backed down from his duties in Law Enforcement.

Sheriff Arpaio is very popular in Arizona and if he were to get hit, things would get mighty ugly very quick around here and on the border.

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It also makes people loose credibility when they make a play on a name like that.

its likely that there is a hit out on him

its a symptom of the type of emotionalism and impatience that often inspires such extreme behavior

that i understood...

the other has to many big words for me.

There was another hit reported a few weeks back I posted on another Arizona Sheriff by a Drug Gang or Cartel and he refused a protective detail.