{"id":1976,"date":"2011-05-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/drug-smuggling-and-human-trafficking-cops-worked-for-self-styled-americas-toughest-sheriff.html"},"modified":"2011-05-27T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T12:00:00","slug":"drug-smuggling-and-human-trafficking-cops-worked-for-self-styled-americas-toughest-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/drug-smuggling-and-human-trafficking-cops-worked-for-self-styled-americas-toughest-sheriff.html","title":{"rendered":"Drug-smuggling and human-trafficking cops worked for self-styled &#8216;America&#8217;s toughest sheriff&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"The war on drugs has corrupted even Joe Arpaio&#8217;s cops.\nBuilding more private prisons won&#8217;t help this.\nEnding the war on drugs will.\n<p>\nPhilip Caulfield\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/2011\/05\/25\/2011-05-25_3_cops_under_americas_toughest_sheriff_joe_arpaio_busted_for_role_in_drug__human.html?r=topnews\">\nwrote 25 May 2011 for the Daily News:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/2011\/05\/25\/2011-05-25_3_cops_under_americas_toughest_sheriff_joe_arpaio_busted_for_role_in_drug__human.html?r=topnews\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"\nwidth=\"242\"\nheight=\"181\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/img\/2011\/05\/26\/alg_arizona_arrest.jpg\"><\/a>\nThree Arizona cops smuggled drugs and humans and laundered money for a\nvast narco-trafficking ring, all under the nose of the self-proclaimed\n&#8220;America&#8217;s toughest sheriff,&#8221; authorities said.\n<p>\nOne of the moles, a female corrections officer, was carrying the love\nchild of a cartel capit\u00e1n, and all three were accused of leaking\nsheriff&#8217;s office tips to help the ring guide smugglers, drugs and cash\nthrough the area from Mexico, authorities said.\n<p>\nMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Deputy Alfredo Navarette, 37,\nand two corrections officers, Sylvia Najera, 25, and Marcella Hernandez,\n28, were among 12 people rounded up in Tuesday&#8217;s sting.\n<\/blockquote>\nGetting tougher is a failed strategy.\n<p>\nTime to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/us-drug-war-afflicts-latin-america-and-rebounds-on-us.html\">\nstop the cycle of criminalization<\/a> that has corrupted even the office of\n&#8220;America&#8217;s toughest sheriff&#8221;.\nLegalize, regulate, and tax to end the cycle of corruption.\n<p>\nAnd no, we don&#8217;t need a private prison in Lowndes County to assist\nin the cycle of corruption.\nSpend those tax dollars on education instead.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The war on drugs has corrupted even Joe Arpaio&#8217;s cops. 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