Mexican cartels planned to send armed assassins into Arizona this spring to eradicate bandits who were stealing drugs from smugglers, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report disclosed Friday by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office.
The intelligence email, sent in May, warned law enforcement agencies that rival cartels had agreed to the plan after a meeting in Rocky Point, Mexico.
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DHS spokesman Matthew Chandler on Friday responded that the intelligence report “proved to be inaccurate.”
