Human smuggling bust by MCSO nets 17 arrests



02:08 PM Mountain Standard Time on Thursday, November 6, 2008

MCSO / azfamily.com

The following news release was sent by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office:

ANTHEM – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Human Smuggling Unit continues to make arrests under state and federal illegal immigration laws.

In separate overnight investigations, Sheriff’s deputies arrested 17 more illegal aliens in the Anthem area, north of metro Phoenix.



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These arrests bring the total arrests made by the Sheriff’s Office and under the felony Arizona State Human Smuggling Law to 1,323 to include both smugglers and their human cargo.
Arrests by Sheriff’s deputies who are federally trained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) now total 2,439 illegal aliens.

[b]“Today’s arrests of these 17 illegals prove what I have been saying all along,â€