Fox News: 1 of 4 Pakistani fugitives from ship captured in San Antonio.

Fox News | 03/30/2002 | Diane Diamond on FNC

[Pokey78]

That's all for now.

[Texaggie79]

what ship? I'm missing something here.

[Ban_All_Rats]

Last weak the capable INS let 4 pakastanis off a ship and now they cant find them.

[MeekOneGOP]

In Virginia, the INS gave 'em visas - big screw-up!

[MeekOneGOP]

Ya beat me by 1 minute. Good job! :O)
I asked Mod to remove mine.......

[Texaggie79]

HUH? How did we find out about them? Who are they fugitives from? Is there a story link I can read?

[Pokey78]

Four Pakistanis Missing After INS Wrongly Let Them Enter U.S.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

so they got from norfolk to san antonio....with no papers and probably speaking very little english, boy only in America, huh? BWHAHAHAHAHA!

[Texaggie79]

thanks

[Pokey78]

You win some, you lose some. ;-D

[MeekOneGOP]

See #7 from Pokey.........

[FreedomPoster]

FReepers are a competitive bunch. You've gotta be quick!

Hopefully they'll find the other three nearby, quick. And (though this is too much to hope) fire the idiot INS agent who gave them the sailor's visas.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep! :O)

[MeekOneGOP]

Hey, what would be best source for this story on HAL9000??......
I'm lookin' and can't find a newswire story.......

[StriperSniper]

the idiot INS agent who gave them the sailor's visas.

So at the worst all we can do is deport them, correct? (As long as they did nothing else.)

[IoCaster]

Might be a good idea to take a close look at San Antonio and see what might have brought him there.

[aynrandfreak]

It's time to follow Alan Dershowitz's advice to sodium pentathol this guy to find out what they're planning

[Dog]

You guys remember after 9/11 the Feds took 2 guys off a train in Texas...they had box cutters and cash on them...

Could there be a cell in Texas somewhere?

I think it is strange that all 3 were caught in the same general area...

[Chad Fairbanks]

Good idea... I was almost ready to agree with firing the INS agent, but yeah, deportation is better ;0)

[MeekOneGOP]

Found it!:

http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=apwire&xlb=1&xlc=656271&xld=1
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One of four Pakistani crewmen wrongly allowed to leave ship is arrested in Texas

The Associated Press

Web Posted : 03/30/2002 3:30 PM

One of four Pakistani crewmen who jumped ship in a Virginia port was arrested Saturday in Texas, immigration officials said Saturday.

Ahmad Salman's arrest was based on leads developed by Immigration and Naturalization Service investigators at a bus station in Norfolk, Va., agency spokesman Bill Strassberger said. Those leads took INS special agents to Philadelphia and eventually to San Antonio.

After being put under brief surveillance, Salman was arrested at midday without incident at a San Antonio apartment building where he was staying with an uncle, Strassberger said.

Salman was being held without bond pending further proceedings.

The case prompted demands for stricter security because of reports that an immigration official improperly allowed the men to come ashore. An INS inspector failed to get authorization before granting a special waiver allowing them off the ship, according to a Justice Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Waivers given to foreign crewmen lacking visas must be approved by senior INS district officials.

The men disappeared, though none were thought to be dangerous, INS officials said. The three others were identified as Mohammad Nazir, Adnan Ahmad and Ghulam Qadar.

The disappearance was the latest embarrassment for the INS, which has been under intense scrutiny since the Sept. 11 attacks exposed problems with its methods for tracking foreigners.

The Pakistanis were crewmen aboard the "Progresso," a Russian cargo ship sailing under Maltese flag that docked in Norfolk on March 15.

03/30/2002