"The sheriff's office murdered my brother," Atencio told Phoenix New Times. "That's what I want to get out to the public right now:

"The sheriff's office murdered my brother," Atencio told Phoenix New Times. "That's what I want to get out to the public right now: Sheriff Joe is murdering inmates."

Specifically, states the investigation, Arpaio's Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office “engages in racial profiling of Latinos; unlawfully stops, detains, and arrests Latinos; and unlawfully retaliates against individuals who complain about or criticize MCSO' s policies or practices.” For this reason, the federal government has stripped Arpaio of access to 287 (g) and restricted participation in “Secure Communities,” programs that allow local law enforcement to engage in immigration enforcement and that were the basis of Arpaio’s “operations” to seek out and detain immigrants.