The Mexican drug cartels have now officially brought the Mexican-style drug war to the United States if this story is accurate:

On the day parts of Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070, went into effect, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in the news for another reason: there’s a price on his head – allegedly offered by a Mexican drug cartel.

The audio message in Spanish is a bit garbled, but the text is clear.

It’s offering $1 million for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s head and $10,000 for anyone who wants to join the Mexican cartel.

A man who wants to remain anonymous says his wife received the text message Tuesday evening. It also included an international phone number and instructions to pass the message along.

Inquiring minds are asking when the Obama administration and those against serious border control policies are going to wake up and realize that without a significant Federal response the criminal enterprises of Mexico are going to spill over onto US soil.

Will it take the assassination of a US law enforcement official? Or will it take hundreds or thousands of innocent deaths near border cities, much like those that we hear about on a regular basis occurring in Mexico, before we finally step up border security?

If this “bounty” is real, then Sheriff Arpaio and his deputies are in serious danger. Based on the thousands of deaths in Mexico over the last 18 months alone, it’s clear that there are no limits to how far drug cartels will go to secure their access to money and power.