The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing "Iraqis and other Middle Eastern" individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico.
An FBI intelligence report distributed by the Washington, D.C. Joint Terrorism Task Force, obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com, says the illegal ring has been bringing Iraqis across the border illegally for more than a year.
The FBI report, issued last week, says the smuggling organization "used to smuggle Mexicans, but decided to smuggle Iraqi or other Middle Eastern individuals because it was more lucrative." Each individual would be charged a fee of $20,000 to $25,000, according to the report.
See link - http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/fbi-iraqis-bein.html
Question - What are your thoughts ?
2007-07-18 08:44:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Why on earth would they do that?! Isn't it easier just to travel to Canada, and cross the border without any minute man or Mexican cops in the US, etc.? That doesn't sound very realistic to me.
2007-07-18 08:53:58 · answer #1 · answered by T-girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The people being smuggled might want to consider that coyotes think nothing of abandoning people in closed-up trucks in the Texas heat with little or no food and water. In most cases, half the people wind up dead.
2007-07-18 10:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No different then a Mexican because Iraq had nothing to do with 911.
2007-07-18 08:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋