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Feds expose network that smuggled illegal immigrants from Syria to U.S.
The Washington Times ^ | April 18, 2018 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 04/18/2018 11:47:38 AM PDT by jazusamo

The Treasury Department slapped sanctions Wednesday on a Syrian man and his criminal syndicate, blaming them for smuggling “hundreds” of illegal immigrants from Syria and Lebanon into Mexico and then helping them to jump the border into the U.S.

Nasif Barakat and his syndicate, which authorities labeled the Barakat Transnational Criminal Organization, charged about $20,000 to complete the smuggling...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: 2018; aliens; barakat; barakattco; border; btco; doj; hamas; hezbollah; homs; humansmuggling; humantrafficking; illegalaliens; illegals; lebanese; nasifbarakat; palestinians; syria; syrians; votefraud
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To: jazusamo

bump. Wonder how many, thanks to mother voter, managed to get registered to vote in the 2020 election?


21 posted on 07/17/2023 12:13:25 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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