'We'll send them to hell!' Texas sheriff declares war on Islamic State

Law enforcement agencies along the U.S.-Mexico border have received alerts to be on the lookout for terrorists from Islamic State attempting to cross into the United States, a sheriff from the region has said.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter says he's been working along the border for nearly eight years, and stated that the alerts have been issued to border law enforcement about the terrorist group.

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"I received an intelligence report that said that there was ISIS cells that were active in the Juarez area, which is the northern part of the Chihuahua state, and that they were moving around over there, that there was some activity." Painter said during an interview on Fox News.

He said that the report asked "for the sheriffs along the border to be on the alert, for all law enforcement to be on the alert, and to be on the lookout for these people maybe trying to come across."

Painter did not claim any direct knowledge of Islamic State activity, but he repeatedly maintained that the border lacks proper oversight.

"Well I'm saying the border is wide open, there is no control on the border, it's not shut off," said Painter. "There's places along the Rio Grande you can walk across, there's no water in it. I worked the border for eight years I walked back and forth across the Rio Grande; I was in Mexico, I was on this side. I never got challenged.

"There's always a way to get across, there's coyotes that bring those people across for thousands of dollars."

Painter reported that "Muslim" items have been found strewn along the border; he also estimated that 10 to 15 million "undocumented aliens" have crossed the border.

"I think it'd be naive to say that (the Islamic State is) not here.We have found Muslim clothing, they have found Quran books that are lying on the side of the trail, so we know that there are Muslims that have come across and are being smuggled into the United States," he said.

However, Painter says that he is ready if the Islamic State does try to push through the border.

"If they show their ugly head in our area, we'll send them to hell," he said.

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