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Ex-Mexican consul arrested in connection with trafficking of illegal Arab migrants
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| 11-13-03
| lisa adams
Posted on 11/13/2003 5:34:51 PM PST by steppenwolffe
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:56:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - A former Mexican consul to Lebanon has been arrested on charges of helping a smuggling ring move Arab migrants into the United States from Mexico, federal agents said Thursday. Imelda Ortiz, detained late Wednesday in Mexico City, is the fourth alleged member of the ring captured in three days.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: steppenwolffe
Boughader Mucharrafille, whom authorities identified as being of "Arab origin," was sentenced to a year in prison in the United States last year after being convicted of smuggling 200 illegal Lebanese migrants across the border, the authorities said.
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A year in prison. That's not much more than a coffee break. He'll be out on parole in two months. Try 50 years or public execution.
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posted on
11/13/2003 5:45:15 PM PST
by
RLK
To: steppenwolffe
If their passport-issuance process is dirty, just imagine how corrupt their fraud-facilitation document, the "matrciula consular" is.
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:12:45 PM PST
by
dagnabbit
(Stop Bush's stealth Matricula Amnesty)
To: HiJinx; JustPiper
ping
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:14:08 PM PST
by
Klickitat
To: steppenwolffe
Government Employees (Foreign or Domestic) - The Enemy Within!!
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:19:50 PM PST
by
B-Cause
To: steppenwolffe
"... smuggling 200 illegal Lebanese migrants across the border..." The big issue is, what if 200 terrorists are able to bluff or bribe their way into Mexico, and from there sneak into the United States?
At least Gray Davis has a plan -- just give them California driver licenses! I know I would feel much safer knowing that any terrorists illegally in this country will at least be able to get driver licenses. Maybe our liberal politicians who are so paranoid about citizens will give the terrorists permission to buy guns and explosives, too.
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:26:58 PM PST
by
Wilhelm Tell
(Lurking since 1997!)
To: Klickitat; FoxFang; FITZ; moehoward; Nea Wood; Joe Hadenuf; sangoo; 4.1O dana super trac pak; ...
smuggling ring move Arab migrants into the United States from Mexico Everyone is always so sure Canadian borders are for illegal Arabs, I knew Mexico will become increasingly more accesible. Sure, give illegals the consular card. Sure give the illegals driver's license, that works, as my tagline shows.
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:28:10 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(18 out of 19 HiJacker's had State issued Driver's License's !!!)
To: Klickitat; FoxFang; FITZ; moehoward; Nea Wood; Joe Hadenuf; sangoo; 4.1O dana super trac pak; ...
smuggling ring move Arab migrants into the United States from Mexico Everyone is always so sure Canadian borders are for illegal Arabs, I knew Mexico will become increasingly more accessible. Sure, give illegals the consular card. Sure give the illegals driver's license, that works, as my tagline shows.
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:28:25 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(18 out of 19 HiJacker's had State issued Driver's License's !!!)
To: FairOpinion; Pro-Bush; BagCamAddict; ganeshpuri89; pokerbuddy0; cgk; Sabertooth; Donna Lee Nardo; ..
South of the Border Ping
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:29:31 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(18 out of 19 HiJacker's had State issued Driver's License's !!!)
To: JustPiper
As far back as 1985 according to INS officers I talked to at Brown Field, San Diego, 20% of the illegals coming across the Mexican Border were from the middle east or the orient.
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posted on
11/13/2003 6:33:39 PM PST
by
dalereed
(,)
BTTT
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posted on
11/13/2003 7:13:38 PM PST
by
sarasmom
To: JustPiper
Colin Powell assured us all that no terrorist has been known to have sneaked across our southern border, so to him it isn't an issue.
One would wonder why a Mexican, wih a few hundred saved dollars, wouldn't just get to Canada first. Oh, yeah...all the successful invaders sending word back how America is one plump eagle to pluck. Thank you, Democrats.
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posted on
11/13/2003 7:27:16 PM PST
by
NewRomeTacitus
("Todays episode will cover basic Claymore safety and placement tactics.")
To: steppenwolffe
No surprises here. Of course something like this would happen. Mexican documents are very easily purchased on the streets of Mexico --- but so are USA documents.
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posted on
11/13/2003 7:33:53 PM PST
by
FITZ
To: JustPiper
Everyone is always so sure Canadian borders are for illegal Arabs, I knew Mexico will become Both borders are easy for anyone to get across but there wouldn't be as many Canadian officials eager and willing to participate ---- they don't have the mordida system anywhere close to where Mexico has it.
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posted on
11/13/2003 7:35:57 PM PST
by
FITZ
To: FITZ; JustPiper
Since then, there has been no evidence of that any terrorists have not successfully enteringed the United States from Mexico. There, that's the way that line should read. I mean, if they entered successfully, they wouldn't have left any evidence, now would they.
OBTW, I just love posting this picture of a diary that was found in a backpack on an illegal smuggling trail into the U.S. from Mexico...yes, the writing is in Arabic.
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posted on
11/13/2003 8:03:06 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(The Right person, in the Right place, at the Right time...to do His work.)
To: JustPiper; TheRightGuy
Oh this is just great!!
To: JustPiper
*Sigh*
Homeland security is a joke.
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posted on
11/13/2003 8:56:42 PM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: Pro-Bush
"Homeland security is a joke."
I just wish I could laugh. Homeland security is an expensive farce.
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posted on
11/13/2003 9:28:46 PM PST
by
texastoo
To: JustPiper
ATTENTION: PRESIDENT BUSH. The Mexican border has been a sieve for years. It's an accident waiting to happen.
I don't believe that the Mexican authorities are serious about stopping anyone from coming over the border. It's just a dog and pony show down there. They are interested in only one thing - exporting more of their masses onto American taxpayers.
To: JustPiper
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