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Three Afghani Muslim men caught posing as Mexican nationals last month while en route to Europe were part of a human smuggling operation and carried what are now believed to be altered but genuine Mexican passports for which they paid $10,000 each, Indian investigators told The San Antonio Express-News.
An ongoing transcontinental investigation, which now involves Mexican and Indian authorities, began Feb. 11 when a suspicious airport customs official in Kuwait noticed the three Afghanis, traveling under Mexican pseudonyms, could not speak Spanish during a layover on their air trip from New Delhi, India to France.
The three Afghani travelers were detained and deported to India, where they remain in custody while Mexican and Indian authorities try to learn about their backgrounds, where they were going and who sold the apparently real government-issue passports. A U.S. source confirmed the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators also are looking into the matter.
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http://www.toddbensman.com/Bensman/Afghanis_Pose_as_Mexicans.html
Suspicious device found at rail yard (Utah)
March 24th, 2008
The Union Pacific Railroad says it's investigating an incident on board a railcar that prompted a call out to the bomb squad. It started when workers near 1700 N. Warm Springs Road noticed two males on an empty flatbed railcar.
Detective Jared Wihongi, spokesman for the Salt Lake Police Department said, "One of the individuals had a camera around his neck, and after he saw the railroad worker, both suspects fled in a red vehicle parked on Warm Springs Road." Wihongi says the workers then noticed something left behind. He said, "It appeared to be a battery with wires on it."
The bomb squad was called out. They rendered the device safe. Wihongi says it turned out there were no explosive materials, but police still don't know what the pair were doing there. The Union Pacific won't comment except to say the Friday incident is under investigation.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2924042
Police in Islamabad arrests over 75 suspects after reports of suicide bombers
3/23/2008
ISLAMABAD -- Police here launched an operation and arrested over 75 suspects after intelligence reports that possible suicide bombers have entered in the heavily-guarded capital. Syed Kalim Imam, Senior Superintendent Police (SSP), while talking to media said that security has been given a red alert and an operation has been launched to arrest eight teenaged suicide bombers.
He added that so far more than 75 suspects have been arrested and that the operation was still underway. The reports came as the nation celebrated Pakistan's 68th National Day on Sunday.
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http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1893665&Language=en