Are al qaeda members on the empty planes back to latin america. In that same period, 1,918 special interest otms were apprehended on the border. The ms mara salvatrucha gangs 33 connection to al qaeda was facilitated after 911 when the terrorist group realized the gang could help smuggle operatives and weapons into the u. Mccaul seeks to classify mexican drug cartels as terrorists. Alqaeda ally with colombia\s drug cartels to smuggle drugs into europe new drug route means jihadists are profiting from cocaine consumption in europe. And they corrupt government officials, paying them to disregard smuggling. Exactly how mexican drug cartels smuggle terrorists into u. The author of a new book red sea spies that sheds light on an operation conducted by israeli secret service to smuggle ethiopian jews from inhospitable sudan, claims the leader of al qaeda.
Isis and alqaeda are little more than glorified drug. A comparison of mexican drug cartels and middle eastern terrorist organizations article pdf available in terrorism and political violence 242. Latin american cocaine flights go to africa, en route to europe. Of course no country, especially venezuela, wants to be linked to alqaeda. A top ranking homeland security official says mexican drug cartels are helping isis sneak across the southern border to scope out targets for terrorist attacks.
Islamic extremists and mexican drug cartels have joined forces and taken advantage of a porous southern border and lack of intelligence sharing among key u. Williams, in his book the al qaeda connection, reported that, by 2002 al qaeda and. Mexican cartels moving terrorists across southern u. Islamic state of iraq and syria, isis, al qaeda, aq, terrorism, terrorist, cooperation, narcoterrorism, mexico, drugs, cartel, mexican drug cartel, counter. Crc press book postmodern global terrorist groups engage sovereign nations asymmetrically with prolonged, sustained campaigns driven by ideology. Mexican cartels, isisal qaeda and organized crime thinktech hawaii. According to steven mccraw, the former assistant director of the fbis office of intelligence and current director. Alqaeda aside, the dea already presumes a significant number of terroristcriminal partnerships exist. As america fights two wars overseas another one is raging, much closer to home.
The global trafficking side of the illicit drug trade is being carried out by international organizations such as the sinaloa and zetas mexican cartels. The fee collected by alqaeda for the smuggling of drugs into europe will, no doubt, be used to sustain their operations against the u. A homeland security investigations member looks south in a border tunnel equipped with. Europe and it is widely suspected that much of their funding for recruits to rape and kidnap civilians is from drug smuggling. Opinion trumps narcoterrorism label could backfire the new. The contents of this site are privately managed and not subject to the direction of the united states border patrol. The cartels use farm roads out in the boonies instead of interstates in order to elude border patrol agents. In his 2009 book how to win a cosmic war reza aslan describes what must be done in.
But in recent years, crime groups have begun to experiment with a wide range of innovative methods for moving illicit cargo past one of the world. Groups such as isis and alqaeda succeeded in gaining a degree of legitimacy for their. Examining the terrorist threat from americas southern border. If the cartels can have people smuggle loads of pot into the u. It is clear to the those paying attention that cartels have control, which. To fight mexican drug cartels, we must designate them.
They actively affect political, judicial and law enforcement in mexico. An fbi webpage quoted an agent calling mexicos drug cartels more violent than al qaeda a comment sure to grab attention, but which doesnt tell the whole story, the agency said. Designating cartels as terrorists bolsters the presidents border narrative but. Fbi highlights similarities between al qaeda, cartels. You can bet though that a handful of countries could potentially help alqaeda, as long as they can do it without being traced. Are latin americas drug cartels giving al qaeda a lift. Some mexican officials, are taking issue with her recent comments that raised the possibility of an alliance between mexican drug cartels and radical islamic terrorists. Purported faith is just an excuse for terrorist organisations to take over the. And every day, mexican and us authorities try to stop them. Cartel pilots there have been known to stretch an aircrafts flight.
The tcos are paying a hezbollah tax to move narcotics and people into europe and the middle east through west africa and to traffic guns from the middle east into latin america, declared joseph humire, the expert and executive director at the center for a secure free society sfs. Jws law enforcement sources say the cartels are exploiting border patrol and texas department of public safety policies and directives constraining and limiting traffic stops and interdiction operations. But some security specialists believe smuggling routes from mexico, including those run by mexican criminal cartels, offer an established and relatively secure method of. Terrorists want the drug cartels smuggling channels into the united states. Fbi highlights similarities between al qaeda, cartels by the cnn wire staff a police truck is parked in front of the remains of a car that exploded in a bombing last month in juarez, mexico. Seeds of terror and millions of other books are available for instant access. This article evidence proves isis, alqaeda are drug cartels money motivates them, not religion is a free and open source. While not driven by religious ideology, mexican drug cartels operate in the same manner as al qaeda, the taliban or hezbollah, each sharing a desire and using similar tactics to gain political and economic influence. While the men who carried out the madrid plot had connections to al qaeda, they did most of the fundraising on their own. Al qaeda central, as the osama bin laden group is known, has a history of relying on drug money for support, primarily because of protection granted by the taliban in afghanistan. Ann patchett on why we need lifechanging books right now. Latin american cartels have been smuggling drugs to europe via africa since the 1990s. The mexican drug cartel joins forces with al qaeda.
Share detonating a nuclear device or dirty bomb in the united states has long been goal of terrorists groups including alqaeda. Illegal immigration, mexican drug cartels, and terrorist. Smuggling across our borders is rampant, dangerous, unchecked, and aided by the drug cartels. To fight mexican drug cartels, we must designate them foreign. Mexican drug trafficking organizations and cartels are the greatest suppliers of illegal pills to the united states. There is growing concerns that al qaeda in africa and latin american drug cartels are working together. Cartels have been involved in trafficking al qaeda, al shabaab and hezbollah operatives into the us. Drug trafficking, kidnapping fund al qaeda by rachel ehrenfeld, special to cnn a screen shot of a video posted on the internet on october 6 shows militants from al. More evidence has emerged that terrorist groups operating in the name of islam have nothing to do with the religion. While not driven by religious ideology, mexican drug cartels operate in the same manner as al qaeda, the taliban or hezbollah each sharing a desire, and using similar tactics to gain political and economic influence. A recent study released by the drug enforcement agency show that top operatives of middleast terrorist organizations are joining with the the mexican drug. I am not describing isis or al qaeda, but rather what is happening across many portions of our shared border with mexico as drug cartels battle with various mexican governments for operational. Checking out books under al qaidas nose librarian abdel kader haidara organized a smuggling operation to keep centuriesold manuscripts out of the hands of al qaida. Terrorists want the drug cartels smuggling channels into.
I am not describing isis or alqaeda, but rather what is happening across. New book reveals how osama bin laden hid in mossad resort. A report from judicial watch details how the mexican drug cartels smuggle foreigners from countries with ties to terrorist organizations into the united states via the southern border through a. Mexican drug cartels appear to be taking a page right out of the terrorist playbook in realizing that the easiest way to discredit your enemies is to impersonate them. In southern chiapas in mexico, there are muslim communities. Perhaps more disturbing is the fact that al qaeda, hezbollah, farc, drug cartels, and increasingly violent gangsas well as domestic groups such as the sovereign citizensare now joining forces. Perhaps more disturbing is the fact that al qaeda, hezbollah, farc, drug cartels, and increasingly violent gangs. Most americans think of the taliban and al qaeda as a bunch of bearded fanatics. But unlike the cyberstrutting of alqaeda, from whom it is sometimes.
Nuclear smuggling, dirty bomb, terrorists, drug cartels. Two crime families associated with the vincente carrillo fuentes cartel are smuggling and trafficking in the vicinity of tornillo, fabens and ft. Voices isis and alqaeda are little more than glorified drug cartels, and their motivation is money not religion. Comparing mexicos cartel violence to that of al qaeda is apparently controversial. The drugs are usually hidden in commercial or passenger vehicles transiting official checkpoints. Al qaeda has been trying to smuggle terrorists and terrorist weapons illegally into the united states, the 2006 document states. Isis operative shaykh mahmood omar khabir has reportedly been training militants near the us border near ciudad juarez for the past year. Nuclear terrorism drug cartels, terrorists may cooperate in smuggling materials for a nuclear device into u. Isis and alqaeda are little more than glorified drug cartels, and their. Napolitano admits that an al qaedazetas partnership is a. The farc makes money by taxing the drug cartels, drug smugglers and drug farmers. This site is maintained by supporters of the united states border patrol and is not an official government site. Alqaeda and drug trafficking, a dangerous partnership.
Alqaeda makes tens of millions from drug smuggling. Frances version of the dea claims that latin american cartel operations in west africa are literally funding al qaeda, according to gen. Despite differing ideologies, they are threatening us in new and provocative ways. Doing so, however, would require access to nuclear materials and a way to. Terrorists teaming with drug cartels washington times. The first set pairs narcs and narcos or colombian drug trafficking cartels and u. He is also associated with alqaeda, according to the report.
Napolitano admits that an al qaedazetas partnership is a concern, but dont worry because theyre on it. The area has become a stronghold for a franchise of al qaeda, and a. Khabir actually brags in an italian newspaper article. How hezbollah is fundraising with mexican drug cartels the terrorist group hezbollah is thought to be filling a void created by a lack of funds from iran with illicit drug money. Border security and the terrorist threat jewish policy. These cartels use barbaric isis and al qaeda tactics to murder and torture. Are drug cartels learning from islamic terrorist groups.
Agents say the group may have also used the mail and parcels to avoid paying mexican drug cartels for crossing their. You have permission to republish this article under a creative commons license with attribution to the author and. The clarion project, a nonprofit that educates the public about the dangers of radical islam, published a report tuesday that alleges iran and hezbollah are paying mexican drug cartels to smuggle people and money through the border. Fbi webpage highlights similarities between al qaeda and. There is no indication that there is such a linkage, said mora. From prison to gangs to the worlds most notorious terrorist group. Alqaedas north africa branch considered the wealthiest likely generates tens of millions of dollars annually through drug trafficking linked to violent latin american cartels like the leftist terrorist group revolutionary armed forces of colombia farc and other criminal activities, reveals the foundation for defense of democracies fdd think tank. Given the scale of what drug traffickers are willing to pay and what al qaeda.
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