Arizona sheriff to Memorial Day travelers: Pack a gun and beware of cartel hitmen

Article publisher: 
Fox News Latino
Article date: 
27 May 2016
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 
​An Arizona sheriff says that there is so much Mexican drug cartel activity in the state’s western desert that anyone who travels to the area this Memorial Day weekend should be armed and vigilant.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu sent a warning to campers, hikers and travelers ...

"We have communication that shows that there is hitmen being sent up to Pinal County," Babeu said in a press conference.

The Sheriff said anyone using back roads, campsites and trails should consider carrying a firearm.

“We have a Second Amendment freedom and right, and I encourage everyone to be armed, to be properly trained,” Sheriff Babeu said ...


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