Friday, August 06, 2010

People from Countries Tied to Terrorism Stopped in the El Paso Sector

Thousands of illegal immigrants are caught every year in the Borderland, but they're not all from Mexico. News Channel 9 has learned just how many of these illegal are coming from states that sponsor terrorism. It was a new level of violence seen in Juarez just about three weeks ago, car bombs. The sophistication of the attacks raised the question, where are the new weapons and tactics come from? After all, these types of attacks are usually seen in countries struggling with terrorism. So we investigated, and we found out since October more than 800 people, other than Mexicans, have been caught by El Paso Border Patrol. The list goes back about a year and some of the countries are surprising considering their ties to terrorism. Take a look.

Saudi Arabia 1
Pakistan 1
Libya 1
Iraq 2
Iran 2
Cuba 4

For the complete article and a video report go to KTSM-TV.

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