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  • Mexican Diplomat Charged With Helping Smuggle Arabs Into U.S.

    12/31/2003 10:26:01 AM PST · by VU4G10 · 79 replies · 470+ views
    humaneventsonline ^ | Dec 31, 2003 | Terence P. Jeffrey
    The real life horror story that began eighteen months ago when an Arab illegal alien named Youseff Balaghi showed up at a San Diego hospital, dying from what the Border Patrol initially—and erroneously—feared was radiation sickness, has now reached high into Mexico's foreign service. On Sept. 11, 2001, Imelda Ortiz Abdala was Mexico's consul in Lebanon. On Nov. 12, 2003, Mexican authorities arrested her, according to the Associated Press, "on charges of helping a smuggling ring move Arab migrants into the United States from Mexico." The AP said Mexico had also arrested "alleged ring leader Salim Boughader Mucharafille." Boughader earlier...