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| 'Osama's People' Smuggled Into U.S.? |
| 2006-01-21 |
| Court documents in a Brownsville, Texas drug-smuggling case cite a wiretapped telephone conversation by one of the smugglers who said that "Osama's people" are ready to be transported across the Mexican border into the U.S. The Brownsville Herald reported earlier this week: "[Paperwork in the case] contains details of a December 2004 incident in which [one smuggler] tried to secure transportation for 20 Middle Eastern 'terrorists' waiting to enter the United States from Monterrey, Chiapas and Puebla in Mexico. "Recorded telephone conversations authorized under the U.S. Patriot Act and a court order captured the [suspect] referring to the 20 men as 'gente de Osama.'â According to these same court documents - the phrase translates into "Osamaâs people.â The court documents cited by the Herald also revealed: "During a Jan. 5, 2005, telephone conversation, [the smuggling suspect] described the men as 'Iraqis,' ages 25 to 33, who were willing to pay $8,000 for transportation past Border Patrol checkpoints in South Texas and into the U.S. interior. "[The suspect] mentioned that eight of the men were coming to Progreso, northwest of Brownsville. He said they were 'dangerous' and 'really bad people.' They carried guns and made the smuggler that was helping them 'afraid.'" FBI officials declined to comment further on the case. But one federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity told the paper that the men labeled "terroristsâ turned out to be illegal aliens from a "nation of concern.â The FBI declined to say whether "Osama's people" made it across the border or if authorities had apprehended them. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #4 doesn't matter - US borders: secure them |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-21 22:10 |
| #3 Mexican border or Canuckian border? Take your pick. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-21 21:31 |
| #2 This smuggler wasn't just some jumpy coyote. He was a cocaine smuggler and unlikely to be easily frightened. How the Patriot Act Saves Lives On January 5, 2005, a drug runner named Noel Exinia, who was engaged in transporting over five hundreds pounds of cocaine from Mexico to New York City, revealed in a telephone conversation that he was interested in other kinds of cargo as well. He spoke about twenty Iraqis, all between the ages of 25 and 33, who would pay $8,000 to get past the Mexico-U.S. border and into the United States. These Iraqis were, he said, in the Mexican cities of Monterrey, Chiapas and Puebla, and were ready to cross into Texas; ultimately, they hoped to get to the Northeast. According to Exinia, they were âla gente de Osamaâ â Osamaâs people. Whatâs more, they were âdangerousâ¦really bad people.â Even Exinia, with all his experience in the drug underworld as part of the Gulf Cartel, admitted he was afraid of them. No one would have known any of this, at least until these Iraqis committed a terrorist act on American soil, had it not been for the fact that Exiniaâs call was recorded. The recording was permissible under the U.S. Patriot Act. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-01-21 18:07 |
| #1 "The FBI declined to say..." Well good. What a change. BUT... That this much was put online is stupid. I can see it being included in intel briefings or circulated for legislative / funding action, but it did not need to be publicly disseminated. Those that are happy about this intercept already know we're at risk. They "get it" and demand our laws be enforced. Those that would throw open the borders entirely would be outraged regardless - unless these cretins killed their This is remarkably frustrating and insane. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-01-21 17:22 |