http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_7830891


"Leo Samaniego, the mild-mannered but often outspoken El Paso County sheriff for the past 23 years, died today of cancer-related illness."


"He endorsed the Minutemen at the risk of alienating Mexican-Americans who regard the armed civilian border watchdog group as racist. Hispanic activists accused him of using traffic checkpoints along the border to try to enforce federal immigration law, a claim that he repeatedly denied."

He will be missed