It’s official,
what the government describes as “Arab extremists” have been traversing
the US – Mexico border with relative impunity for years, well over a
decade, assisted by Mexican drug cartels and their associated smuggling
networks.
According to Judicial Watch,
who recently obtained the information through FOIA requests, the
documents provide US State Department confirmation of the travels of one
particular al-Qaeda leader, Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, also known as
Javier Robles. Some of the information was contained in a September 2004
cable.
The
heavily redacted State Department documents show that Shukrijumah was
killed in 2014 in South Waziristan by the Pakistan Army. Prior to his
death Robles had assisted in the planning of several attacks against
American targets, including a bomb plot to blow up the Chicago studios
of Oprah Winfrey. He was also involved in other plots to detonate
nuclear devices in several American cities.
The
fact that al-Qaeda was engaged in plots against American targets is
nothing new. The ability of the plotters to freely enter the United
States is troubling but not something that was unexpected, given the
inexplicable lax enforcement policies of the open borders Obama regime
and Homeland “Security” Secretary Johnson. The documentation does
provide confirmation of what has been widely suspected.
They
note that for years, even as he appeared atop the FBI’s most wanted
list, Shukrijumah was able to transit back and forth across the US
border at will. He met with fellow Islamists in Texas and even once flew
an aircraft in to the Cielo Dorado airfield in Anthony, New Mexico.
State
Department records indicate that US authorities were aware that
Shukrijumah was in Mexico due to the efforts of the Regional Security
Office at the consulate in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El
Paso, Texas. They used newspapers to distribute information throughout
the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua “at the request of the FBI’s
Joint Terrorism Task Force in El Paso.”
Judicial Watch revealed that
the Information regarding the movement of Middle Eastern terrorists
into the United States through Mexico was a topic of a now declassified
2004 cable titled “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT, A PROVEN CI TO USG IN THE
PAST, REPORTS ARAB CELLS WITHIN MEXICO.”
Describing
their source as “reliable,” the cable details that information was
provided to the US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez that Arab extremists had
been smuggled into the US through the Mexican border. It stated, “The confidential source (SUBJECT)
stated his family member, who is a human trafficker, knows the exact
whereabouts of three Arabs who are currently being hidden in Agua
Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. Although not absolutely positive, one of the
three is likely Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, alleged to be a Saudi Arabian
terrorist cell leader thought to be in Mexico. SUBJECT also provided
information on two smuggling networks, “cells,” that specialize in
providing logistical support for Arab individuals attempting to enter
the United States.” The fact that human trafficking cells are able to
specialize in Arab terrorists indicates a substantial volume, one that
would justify it from a business standpoint.
While
the specific roles played by Shukrijumah have not been completely
ascertained, some history as a confidential informant is revealed. He
fled the U.S. four months prior to the 9/11 attacks of 2001 and appears
to have subsequently participated in plots to blow up apartment
buildings using natural gas explosions with convicted
terrorist Jose Padilla. He was also convicted of plotting to attack
multiple targets in the US and UK, including the New York subway system.
Among the notable US targets was a terrorist truck bomb plot against Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studio and the Sears Tower.
Two of his co-conspirators, Emad Karakrah and Hector Pedroza
Huerta—were arrested in 2014 for unrelated state crimes in different
parts of the country and received unusual plea deals. Their cases
revealed strong connections between terrorists and narco-terrorist organizations.
Posted: 15 Jan 2016 12:18 PM PST
JudicialWatchFor
more than a decade the U.S. government has known that “Arab extremists”
are entering the country through Mexico with the assistance of
smuggling network “cells,” according to State Department documents obtained by Judicial Watch that reveal among them was a top Al Qaeda operative wanted by the FBI.
Some Mexican smuggling
networks actually specialize in providing logistical support for Arab
individuals attempting to enter the United States, the government
documents say. The top Al Qaeda leader in Mexico was identified in the
September 2004 cable from the American consulate in Ciudad Juárez as
Adnan G. El Shurkrjumah. The cable was released to Judicial Watch under
the Freedom of Information Act.The
new intelligence records were released as a result of an ongoing JW
investigation into the critical national security threats on the
southern border, specifically those created by Islamic terrorists
teaming up with Mexican drug cartels to infiltrate and attack the U.S.
In response to JW’s reporting in the last two years the Obama
administration—through various spokespeople, including FBI Director
James Comey—has vehemently denied that Islamic terrorists are operating
in Mexican towns near American cities or entering the U.S. through the
famously porous southern border.The
State Department documents, which include substantial redactions
supposedly to protect classified and personal information, contradict
this. JW obtained them as part of an investigative series into
Shukrijumah, an Al Qaeda operative also known as Javier Robles. In
December, 2014 Shukrijumah was killed by the Pakistan Army in an
intelligence-borne operation in South Waziristan. But before he died
Shukrijumah helped plan several U.S. attacks, including plots to bomb
Oprah Winfrey’s studio and detonate nuclear devices in multiple American
cities. For years Shukrijumah appeared on the FBI’s most wanted list
and, despite being sought by the agency, he crossed back and forth into
the U.S. from Mexico to meet fellow militant Islamists in Texas. JW has reportedthat,
as one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, Shukrijumah piloted an
aircraft into the Cielo Dorado airfield in Anthony, New Mexico.The
new State Department records show that U.S. authorities knew
Shukrijumah was in Mexico because they say that the Regional Security
Office (RSO) at the consulate in Ciudad Juárez used newspapers to
distribute information throughout Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico about the
Al Qaeda operative at the request of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task
Force in El Paso. This appears on page 17 of the documents, which are
linked above in their entirety. Of interesting note is that the
government uses an exemption that applies to classified information to
continue to withhold some of the records when the entire file was
already declassified back in September, 2014.Information about Middle Eastern terrorists entering the U.S. through Mexico appears in a September 2, 2004 cable—declassified 10 years later—titled
“CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT, A PROVEN CI TO USG IN THE PAST, REPORTS ARAB
CELLS WITHIN MEXICO.” It explains that a reputable government informant
went to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juárez and provided information
pertaining to suspect Arab extremists who have been smuggled into the
U.S. through the Mexican border. “The confidential source (SUBJECT)
stated his family member, who is a human trafficker, knows the exact
whereabouts of three Arabs who are currently being hidden in Agua
Prieta, Sonora, Mexico,” the State Department cable reads. “Although not
absolutely positive, one of the three is likely Adnan G. El
Shukrijumah, alleged to be a Saudi Arabian terrorist cell leader thought
to be in Mexico. SUBJECT also provided information on two smuggling
networks, “cells,” that specialize in providing logistical support for
Arab individuals attempting to enter the United States.”Many questions remain about the U.S. government’s relationship with Shukrijumah, but last spring JW obtained records from
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) that indicate he was a
Confidential Source/Informant for the government. Shukrijumah lived in
South Florida’s Broward County and graduated from Broward Community
College with a degree in computer engineering. Four months before the
9/11 terrorist attacks Shukrijumah fled the U.S. He was one of the
suspected actors in a number of planned terror attacks in the U.S.,
including a plot to simultaneously detonate nuclear devices in several
U.S. cities. Convicted terrorist Jose Padilla claimed to have trained
with Shukrijumah to blow up U.S. apartment buildings using natural gas
explosions.In 2010 Shukrijumah
was indicted in the Eastern District of New York for his role in a
terrorist plot to attack targets in the United States—including New York
City’s subway system—and the United Kingdom, according the FBI. The
plot against New York City’s subway system was directed by senior Al
Qaeda leadership in Pakistan, the FBI says, and was directly related to a
scheme by Al Qaeda plotters in Pakistan to use Western operatives to
attack a target in the United States.A
year earlier Shukrijumah helped plan a terrorist truck-bomb targeting
Winfrey’s Harpo Studios in Chicago as well as the iconic Sears Tower.
Two of his fellow conspirators—Emad Karakrah and Hector Pedroza
Huerta—were arrested in 2014 for unrelated state crimes in different
parts of the country. Karakrah got busted in Chicago on charges of
making a false car bomb threat after leading police on a high-speed
chase with an ISIS flag waving from his vehicle. Huerta, an illegal
alien twice convicted for driving intoxicated, got nabbed in El Paso for
drunk driving. Both Karakrah and Pedroza were released from custody in 2015 under highly unusual plea deals.The men formed part of a sophisticated narco-terror ring,
exposed in a JW investigative series, with connections running from El
Paso to Chicago to New York City. The operation includes an all-star
lineup of logistics and transportation operatives for militant Islamists
in the United State, drug and weapons smugglers for the Juarez drug
cartel in Mexico, an FBI confidential informant gone rogue and two of
the FBI’s most wanted terrorists. Shukrijumah was one of them and,
though he’s dead, he is an important part of the puzzle and extremely
relevant when connecting the dots in the narco-terror ring.
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