OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
6:01 PM – Friday, June 13, 2025
A major law enforcement operation targeting a suspected cartel member in Arizona, who was found in possession of a substantial cache of narcotics and four illegally owned firearms, was disrupted by individuals who mistakenly assumed the raid was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action, according to a sheriff.
Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple stated that investigators had spent approximately six months building the case against the illegal alien suspect, who had re-entered the United States unlawfully after a prior deportation.
However, the sheriff declined to identify the suspected cartel member who was taken into custody, and he did not disclose the specific charges filed against him.
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