Sheriff Joe Arpaio Says 3 Officers Arrested for Drugs, Human Trafficking

Maricopa County employees have been busted for drugs and human trafficking. The workers, a deputy and two female detention officers, were among 12 people arrested in a Phoenix-based international drug smuggling ring, authorities. Arpaio, the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in the country, said law enforcement is tough enough without having to worry his own team. "We have enough violence without having moles in my own organization that put my deputies in danger," Arpaio said. One of the detention officers, Marcella Hernández, told authorities that she is eight-months pregnant with the child of Francisco Arce-Torres, the alleged drug ring's leader who court documents say is also a member of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel.