Mesa, AZ: "Operation Desert Sky at Monte Carlo Dry Cleaners on Stapley Road and University in Mesa

Mesa, AZ: "Operation Desert Sky at Monte Carlo Dry Cleaners on Stapley Road and University in Mesa...business being served a search warrant..There was a line of people sitting outside with their back to the wall as law enforcement conducted their search (Uh Oh)

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/immigration/mesa-dry-cleaner-being-searched-by-mcso-03132011

Phoenix, AZ: Operation Desert Sky Results In Arrests Of 38 More Illegal Aliens

Phoenix, AZ: Operation Desert Sky Results In Arrests Of 38 More Illegal Aliens.. 15 more illegal aliens in the first suspected drop house, but when they went to serve the search warrant on the second suspected drop house, the people barricaded themselves inside. The Sheriff’s SWAT Team was called out to assist in this barricade situation and those inside eventually surrendered without incident, 7 more illegal aliens were arrested inside this home for a total of 38 arrested on Human smuggling charges.

http://www.borderfirereport.net/latest/operation-desert-shy-results-in-arrests-of-38-more-illegal-aliens.php

Phoenix: Sheriff Joe and Operation Desert Sky make Seven More Arrests

Phoenix: Sheriff Joe and Operation Desert Sky make Seven More Arrests... so far netted 148 arrests (113 illegal aliens, the remainder US citizens) and 2630 pounds of marijuana.

http://www.borderfirereport.net/latest/seven-more-arrests-made-in-operation-desert-sky.php

AZ: Sheriff Joe says Operation Desert Sky SUCCESS...Activists may petition Obama

AZ: ARPAIO SAYS OPERATION DESERT SKY NETS OVER ONE HUNDRED ARRESTS AND A TON OF MARIJUANA WITHIN HOURS OF OPERATION’S START...Activist Group, The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, May Petition Obama To Stop Air Posse Patrol...trying to convince the Obama to treat the area like a ‘Libyan no fly zone.’

http://www.borderfirereport.net/latest/arpaio-says-operation-desert-sky-nets-over-one-hundred-arrests-and-a-ton-of-marijuana-within-hours-of-operations-start.php

Phoenix, AZ: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Rejects Napolitano’s Safer Border Claim Sends in New Armed Forces

Phoenix, AZ: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Rejects Napolitano’s Safer Border Claim Sends in New Armed Forces...“I don’t go along with the theory that the border is more secure than ever before,” said Arpaio, whose Maricopa County includes the Phoenix area, refuting claims by federal officials that crime along the Mexican border has dropped.
Arpaio has announced the launch of one of the largest crime suppression sweeps in Arizona's history, “Operation Desert Sky,” targeting drug-smugglers using desert corridors in his county.

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/JoeArpaio-Arizona-CrimeSweep-armedvolunteers/2011/03/30/id/391177

AZ: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Launches 'Operation Desert Sky' To Battle Smugglers

AZ: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Launches 'Operation Desert Sky' To Battle Smugglers
Sheriff Joe Arpaio today announced 'Operation Desert Sky' - a large-scale offensive using 30 'Posse Pilots' and aircraft as spotters, combined with a ground SWAT team with M-16s and the Sheriff's 50-caliber machine gun. The objective is to effectively cut off drug and human smugglers entering the SW and SE desert corridors of Maricopa County from Mexico across the Arizona desert. This is in response to continued activity from those smugglers, despite claims by DHS and other Federal officials of reduced activity

http://www.mcso.org/include/pr_pdf/Sheriff%20Arpaio%20Operation%20Desert%20Sky.pdf