Arpaio aide is loyal listener to Spanish show

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Arpaio aide is loyal listener to Spanish show

Aug. 30, 2006 12:00 AM


For the past six weeks, a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputy has been monitoring a Spanish-language radio show for threats on Sheriff Joe Arpaio's life.

None has been heard, but the daily recording of the 740 AM morning show hosted by Elias Bermudez, an immigrant rights activist, continues. More than 45 hours of the show are stored on two dozen cassette tapes.

The monitoring started, the Sheriff's Office says, after a tip from Bermudez. The host told the Sheriff's Office that a caller claimed a Mexican hit man had been hired to kill Arpaio.

Bermudez said he would tell Arpaio's office about any such calls. But there hasn't been any since.

Bermudez said he couldn't give the Sheriff's Office the phone number of the caller because the station doesn't have the equipment to track calls.

Arpaio is mentioned frequently on the show, Bermudez said. People say they wish Arpaio would drop dead or had never been born. But mostly they talk of getting him out of office and ridicule Bermudez for a stunt in July, when the activist got on his knees and begged Arpaio to stop arresting undocumented immigrants on smuggling charges.

That day, Arpaio asked Bermudez whether his statements were a threat.

Bermudez said he hopes the Sheriff's Office will learn something by listening - not about death threats, but about the immigrant community.

That's unlikely. The only benefit to Bermudez would be if the deputy paid to monitor his show has a ratings book.



Reach Ruelas at (602) 444-8473 or richard.ruelas@arizonarepublic.com.

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This is another sick example of how some of these people think that they are still back home in their native country. If they did illegal things back there to make money to survive they think it is perfectly fine to continue doing so or feel sorry for others who do as they are bad off. It does not matter if they are illegals or legal immigrants. Living in South Florida I see this crap all the time. Currently the Cuban school board members have banned a book aimed at 5 to 8 year olds that talks about Cuba. The reason is because it does not mention Castro and his communist government. The American Civil Liberties people got involved and told them to put the book back in the library. There is now a lawsuit using Dade County tax payers money to fight this rather than using the money for towards textbooks or other needed items. One school board member actually claimed: "judges do not rule in people's favor." I cannot believe that she does not know the First Ammendment: Freedom of Speech! She must think she is back in Cuba with Fidel! These immigrants who are or will become legal must learn our political system and live by our ways not those of the countries they left!