Afghan man arrested in Tucson

The Arizona Republic ^ | Feb. 20, 2003 12:00 AM | Susan Carroll

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Tucson police arrested an Afghan man Tuesday after he apparently crossed the border illegally, authorities said.

Investigators were tight-lipped about the arrest, saying the 26-year-old man was in federal custody on immigration-related charges.

"I can confirm we did arrest someone from Afghanistan, but the case is under investigation by us and the FBI," U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Rob Daniels said.

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Here ya go Spiff!

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ping

[Spiff]

Thanks! I don't know how I missed it on AZ Republic.

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More important news for Arizona FReepers(and the rest of the country)!

[CedarDave]

BUMP to add other border states.

[GirlShortstop]

"He was alleging they kidnapped him," said Tucson police Sgt. Judy Altieri, a spokeswoman. "It was probably more he paid these two men the money to get across the border. There was a dispute about money."

Awww, these poor mohammedans, they're *always* victims.      </sarcasm OFF>

[Ramius]

Whahappun? This guy sneaks across the border only to flag down a cop?? Wassupwitdat?

[Grampa Dave]

Sounds like he tried to stiff his two Mexican Coyotes, and they rolled over on him.

Welcome to America, you Darwin candidate!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Sounds like he tried to stiff his two Mexican Coyotes, and they rolled over on him.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!

[Madcelt]

FYI Border security alert. Ping!

[AmericanInTokyo]

al-Qaida.

Afghans don't travel all the way around the world to get into the US through the southern border, without a lot of motivation and cash support.

Well, sigh. They know our soft underbelly. There is enough blame about this to go around to both Democrats and Republican office holders.

[skeeter]

More border hijinx. What will those wacky illegal aliens do next?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Darwin Award Thread.

[Brad’s Gramma]

What will those wacky illegal aliens do next?

SOME of them, and I stress the word SOME... of them.....are set on killing us.

[admiralsn]

What were these Mexicans doing in Afghanistan in the first place?

[glock rocks]

when (if) the situation is finally taken seriously, they'll be shot, not arrested, no miranda. did i mention we're at war?

there is an incrementalism afoot here... when your hometown becomes tel aviv, when accepting terror is second nature...

will we remain vigilent and armed? will perps fear their destiny for messing with Americans?

it won't be due to the feds.

it won't be due to the cops.

nope. just yer average, finally pissed off kinda family guy with an enough is enough attitude and a deer rifle.

or gramp's ww2 colt.

or his kid's 10-22.

no, i propose nothing... just an observation from the patio.

[Tacis]

He also complained that his 250 Irai and 300 Saudi buddies, guys he trained with, left him alone and took all the truckloads of gear and went on up to Chicago. He was going to wait for the next group but, they were going to Washington State and even terrorists don't want anything to do with Washington State.

[nicmarlo]

Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Border Patrol has refused to disclose how many people from countries other than Mexico have been arrested at the border, citing "national security."

I would think it would be due to NATIONAL SECURITY they would CLOSE THE BORDERS!!! not keep secret how many murderers they're LETTING IN to kill us!! When are the Rats and the lame Republicans going to listen to TANCREDO, who's been calling for closed borders DUE TO NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS????

[cynwoody]

From KOLD-TV 13:

An Afghanistan illegal was taken into custody Tuesday by the US Border Patrol in Tucson. The man says two Mexican nationals smuggled him into the country. He does speak English though he wouldn't tell us his name. Sources tell News 13 when the men got to a southside neighborhood, the Afghan man jumped out of the car as a Tucson Police car drove by. The man told police he was afraid the accused smugglers were going to kill him...because he couldn't pay them for bringing him into this country. "There's a lot of people that are coming that are not Mexican." Dr. Robin Hoover is president of Humane Borders...and pastor of First Christian Church on Speedway. He's the man primarily responsible for the network of water stations along the Arizona border... "To reduce the number of people who are dying out here on a regular basis," he says. Hoover says about a million immigrants try to cross illegally into the United States each year. And while the overwhelming majority are Mexican--about 98 percent he says--there are some exceptions. "There's people from Yemen, the people from Brazil, Saudi Arabia." Or in this case...someone from Afghanistan. "One need not leap automatically to think this is a terrorist from Afghanistan or that there's a war-related incident or terrorist incident going on here," Hoover says. By his own admission, though, Hoover says the possibility exists should Al Queda or Taliban forces take the initiative. "It's relatively easy to get into Mexico using fake documents...or even simply coming from one country of origin to another. Mexico has no reason to believe they're terrorists headed into the United States." Does that raise any red flags in this case? Without more information, Hoover says it's impossible to say.