Heard on WABC radio this morning that the two Egyptian students were picked up at an Italian rest. owned by "uncle" sami (last name sounded Italian but wasn't), who is Egyptian. Supposedly, students are from the same town. I understand that they only "surrendered" after the agents came into the rest. to talk.
No link on story yet.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news&id=4447689
Found the story: Here are the interesting bits:
(New York-WABC, August 9, 2006) - Three Egyptian students missing since they first arrived in New York for a college exchange program in Montana have been located. Eight others were still missing and federal authorities said they're interested in talking with them.
People in Manville, New Jersey say Mia Sorella is an excellent Italian restaurant. They'd might be surprised to know though that it's owned by an Egyptian man named Sami Aboelata. For 17 years, he's lived here in Manville.
"They came from the same village where I'm from in Egypt," he said.
"They are some good kids ... just wanna come work, vacation ... nothing in their mind to do something bad to this country," Aboelata said.
Learning of the manhunt, Sammy brought the two men to police headquarters in Manville where they were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for visa violations.
So what happened? How did they get lost? Well not speaking any English, they simply walked away from the group.
"Everybody left ..they went to the bathroom in the airport and they went out and the guys went off by themselves ... and nobody speak English ... they were supposed to have a guide with them," Aboelata said.
And found their way to the Italian rest. in NJ...imagine that.
Meanwhile, a third man, Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed El-Dessouki, 21, was taken into custody in Minnesota on what was termed an administrative immigration violation as an out-of-status student, according to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
"The FBI remains extremely interested in interviewing" the other missing Egyptian students, said Paul McCabe, a spokesman for the FBI in Minneapolis.
The missing students pose no terrorism threat, the agency said.' Yeaaaaaa....