For once, Sheriff Joe has caved in to public pressure and the media and has suspened his controversial foreign aid project to Honduras, telling KTAR that “until we get out of this budget crunch, we’re going to put it on hold.” The MCSO attempted to provide cover for this waste of RICO funds saying it was to track the MS-13 gang, but never explained why they have never sent anyone working on gangs to the country, and instead sent two traffic investigators, a homicide investigator and an aviation expert. Let’s just hope that this doesn’t end the investigation.A new report by Channel 12 states that the operation spent 34 of payroll, 125 hours of overtime, nearly $6,800 in shipping costs, and charged to a MCSO credit card $2,976 to buy measuring equipment, traffic accident templates and fingerprint kits that were given to the Honduran government–all paid for with YOUR tax dollars. Again, if this is an anti-gang project, why do they need traffic accident templates? What is even more revealing is that the story reports Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas is the person responsible for approving these funds!

Contact your county supervisor and tell them you want to get to the bottom of this waste of money!

Their phone number is (602) 506-3416 and insist THEY fully investigate this boondoggle.