AGREE? SHERIFF JOE: 'NO TOURISM TO MEXICO'

[jnevis]

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FOX NEWS

PHOENIX

 

 

This half-page advertisement appeared Friday in the Arizona Republic, prompting Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to call for a clarification. A second version that featured beachgoers and additional words -- "who want to have a great time" -- ran on Saturday.

An Arizona sheriff is calling on Mexican officials to apologize for what he says is a "threatening" advertisement. The ad shows a man wearing camouflage looking through binoculars with the words: "In Sonora we are looking for people from Arizona."

The advertisement, which ran Friday in the Arizona Republic, caught the eye of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who posted the VisitMexico.com/GoToSonora.com spot on his Twitter page and asked citizens to call Mexican Tourism Board offices for clarification.

"Are they threatening us? Do they not want us to go to Mexico for tourism? It's mindboggling," Arpaio told FoxNews.com on Monday. "I don't think it was in good taste."

Arpaio said he found the advertisement "inappropriate" and called on Mexican officials to apologize.

"I want everybody to call the Tourism Board," Arpaio said. "To me, it's a threatening type of advertisement."

Javier Tapia, coordinator of the Tourism Promotion Commission of Sonora, said the second version of the advertisement, which ran on Saturday, features the words "who want to have a great time" following the initial line "In Sonora we are looking for people from Arizona." A scene of beachgoers also can be seen in the reflection of the binocular lenses, an element that did not appear in the original "teaser" advertisement.

Tapia insisted neither the first nor second versions of the ad were intended as a threat.

"We want to be very aggressive in our push, but we're not trying to scare anybody," he told FoxNews.com. "We're looking for the opposite -- we want everyone to feel very welcome here in Sonora."

John Zidich, president and publisher of the Arizona Republic, said he was not aware of any complaints to the newspaper regarding the advertisement. He declined to discuss its content.

"We have worked with the state of Sonora for many years to assist them with Arizona's tourism to Mexico," Zidich told FoxNews.com. "We started a discussion months ago to prepare for this upcoming season and have a good relationship with them as a client."

The sole purpose of the advertisement was to "drive tourism" to Mexico, Zidich said.

In a statement to FoxNews.com, the Mexico Tourism Board said the purpose of the advertisement was to attract Arizonans.

“This ad was not placed by the Mexico Tourism Board, but rather by the Sonora State Tourism Secretariat. It looks as if the ad was cropped by the person who posted it," the statement read. "I am sure that the Sonora State Tourism Secretariat will be glad to comment on the full content of the ad, but undoubtedly its purpose was to attract visitors from Arizona, one of Sonora's main tourism feeder markets."

Micky Klausner, of Scottsdale, Ariz., told abc15.com he found the advertisement bizarre.

"It's kind of bizarre, I don't get it, I don't like it," Klausner told the website.  "They want us to come to Mexico. Does that mean they'll be watching us?"

Klausner continued, "It's enough, you can tell with what it says, 'We're looking for people from Arizona.' I don't care for it."

 

[crusader rabbit]

No reason to jeopardize life and limb in Mexico.  You can do it closer to home, right here in Los Angeles, Mexico del Norte.  Plus, you're a lot less likely to get Montezuma's Revenge from LA water.  Here, you have excellent beaches, nice mountains, at least an equal number of Mexicanos, and the same kind of food--only in LA, it's made out of USA produce and meats.  Arizona has all of the above, minus the beaches--and they really appreciate the tourism. 

Mexico has seen the last of Crusader's dollars.

[Just One Shot]

I wish I could afford a nice vacation.    I would love to visit Arizona and show my support by spending some money there.

[billt]

Hussein is sending 1,200 troops to our border. If they're not armed, they are all but useless. I can all but guarantee you they won't be.  Bill T.

[jnevis]

Hussein is sending 1,200 troops to our border. If they're not armed, they are all but useless. I can all but guarantee you they won't be.  Bill T.

Any military force sent there cannot be used in a law enforcement capacity per the Posse Comitatus Act.  They can be armed, but for self defence only.  They are still allowed to surveil the border and pass information to ICE and if they run into an illegal they have to detain them and wait for ICE to actually do something about it.  Just like I couldn't arrest a carjacker just off base, even if we had him in custody.  We had to turn him over to the Sherrif's Dept.

[Sponsor]

[billt]

Any military force sent there cannot be used in a law enforcement capacity per the Posse Comitatus Act.

Then Jan Brewer could order immediate enforcement of the, "Shootemindass Ifa Mexicans Act".       Bill T.

[JC5123]

Any military force sent there cannot be used in a law enforcement capacity per the Posse Comitatus Act. 

But doesn't this only apply if the military is being used to police our own citizens? Wouldn't this be considered an invading force? Therefore Posse Comitatus wouldn't apply.

[billt]

But doesn't this only apply if the military is being used to police our own citizens? Wouldn't this be considered an invading force? Therefore Posse Comitatus wouldn't apply.

I highlighted "invading force" and not the question mark, because that is exactly what it is. United States Citizens are being murdered in cold blood on their own property by illegal invaders. If that doesn't constitute an "invading force", I don't know what does. This has gone well beyond "keeping the peace". It has escalated into stopping a foreign invasion. This country, and the Hussein administration in particular, had better quit playing politics, and skirting the law, and get their a$$ into high gear!  Bill T.

[tombogan03884]

Any military force sent there cannot be used in a law enforcement capacity per the Posse Comitatus Act.  They can be armed, but for self defence only.  They are still allowed to surveil the border and pass information to ICE and if they run into an illegal they have to detain them and wait for ICE to actually do something about it.  Just like I couldn't arrest a carjacker just off base, even if we had him in custody.  We had to turn him over to the Sherrif's Dept.

Not true, The feds skirt that law with impunity.
First off, defending our borders is pretty much the ONLY legitimate purpose of the Army.
At Wounded Knee in 73 the US Marshals deputized a Battalion of the 101st while at Waco the simply denied in the face of video evidence.

[fightingquaker13]

Not true, The feds skirt that law with impunity.
First off, defending our borders is pretty much the ONLY legitimate purpose of the Army.
At Wounded Knee in 73 the US Marshals deputized a Battalion of the 101st while at Waco the simply denied in the face of video evidence.

And we saw how well those worked out. You can't be a cop and a soldier at the same time. Two ROE's and (hopefully), never the twain shall meet, in either direction. Its why I dislike the militarization of police tactical teams. Hostage rescue and sniper support, yes. Routine felony warrants, no.
Still, if done right, the guard can help. W. did it wrong, just sending the guard to the border in '06. They were in the way. Now, if you did it right; drones, helos, communications, radar units, maintainence, field kitchens etc. You could give the BP guys resources they can only dream of, and take the slack off their support people and let them take the field.
FQ13