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In case you missed it Thursday, another person has been arrested for an alleged “death threat” against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
A Peoria man made a comment online about taking a $2 million bounty from Mexican drug cartels for Arpaio’s head — a bounty that doesn’t exist, to the public’s knowledge.
See also:
–Joe Arpaio’s Latest “Death Threat”: Man Says He’ll Take Imaginary Cartel Bounty
–Joe Arpaio’s Latest Bogus Death ThreatArpaio uses the line for fundraising and such, but there’s never been a shred of proof that a Mexican drug cartel is targeting Arpaio. We’re not sure why they would, either, since Maricopa County isn’t that close to Mexico.
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The only potential evidence that this bounty exists was from a report from the local Fox affiliate in 2010, about a text-message equivalent of a chain e-mail, claiming there was a $1 million bounty from the Juarez Cartel for Arpaio — note that Juarez is nowhere near Arizona, let alone Maricopa County — and also offering $1,000 if you want to join the cartel.
If you believe that, then we know a rich Nigerian prince who needs your help.
Similar to Arpaio’s claim of the drug-cartel bounty, there’s also no real proof of the existence of Sasquatch — although there’s considerably more research about that big dumb ape (Sasquatch).
What do you think is a more believable story: drug cartels offering tons of money to off the elderly sheriff, or a large monkey walking on two feet around the United States and elsewhere?
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