Terrorists Sneaking into America across the Rio Grande
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HARLINGEN - Federal agents say the Texas Mexico border is the go to area for
terrorists.
CHANNEL 5 NEWS asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation how many terrorists
they've identified in the U.S., they wouldn't say. We did look through court
records and did some research and found several. Including one who came
through the Valley seven years ago.
Farida Goolam Ahmed was captured at the McAllen airport in 2004. She had a
ticket to New York, several thousand dollars in cash and a torn passport.
A few weeks later, she set off terror alerts in Washington, D.C., New York,
and New Jersey.
Former Valley congressman Solomon Ortiz says the information intelligence
agents were giving him about Goolam Ahmed was concerning.
"Because of the background they saw, they were almost positive that she was
involved in some kind of terrorist activities," he says.
Law enforcement and other trusted sources tell CHANNEL 5 NEWS Ahmed was on a
terrorist watch list. The New York Times got the same information. It said
Ahmed was part of a team planning attacks in New York City.
She was probably flying to New York to pass along a message, documents, or
money.
Prosecutors charged her with lying to federal agents about having a Visa to
be in the United States. She was deported.
Ahmed Muhammad Dhakane tried a different way to get into the country.
He asked for asylum at one of the international bridges in Brownsville.
Professor Jeffrey Addicott has followed Dhakane since he was first arrested.
He's the director of the Terrorism Law Center at St. Mary's University in
San Antonio.
Dhakane admitted to FBI Agents he smuggled at least seven Al Qaeda
terrorists into the country.
"We may have individuals from terrorist countries that support terrorism,
engage in terrorism, that have smuggled and come into the U.S.," says
Professor Addicott.
Addicott says the FBI has identified some of the terrorists that came into
the country, but not all of them.
He says they try to blend into Muslim communities.
Everyday terrorists try to come into the U.S. through one of the borders.
Mahmoud Kourani was caught in Tijuana in February 2001.
Salim Boughader was arrested in 2002. He used to work for Hezbollah TV.
Mahmoud Khalil and Ziad Saleh, two Hamas operatives were arrested in January
2005.
Those are just the terrorists we know about.
"There's a lot of people who have been smuggled. We have no idea who they
are, where they are. They've been able to blend into our society," says
former Congressman Ortiz.
Ortiz says we may never know what happened to the ones who disappeared or
were deported like Farida Goolam Ahmed.
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