Thread: Mexico Nabs 2 Iraqis Near U.S. Border

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2 ... %2C00.html

Mexico Nabs 2 Iraqis Near U.S. Border

Wednesday, June 29, 2005



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Geee...only 2?

I hate to say this, but I hope we're not reading something that's been fabricated to make the Mexican government look like they're doing their jobs. Even Fox News could have been dooped!

The article says they were arrested but doesn't say if they were detained. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they were released and told to appear at a hearing later.

MopHeadBlue--or flown to San Diego at tax payer expense to join their relatives!!

Found an updated article on the story.

http://www.10news.com/news/4670967/deta ... 02005&ts=H

Iraqi Brothers Caught Illegally Crossing Into U.S.
Men Will Be Deported Back To Iraq

POSTED: 10:15 am PDT June 30, 2005
UPDATED: 10:56 am PDT June 30, 2005

SAN DIEGO -- Two Iraqi brothers were stopped by Mexican authorities as they tried to cross illegally into the United States near Tecate, it was reported Thursday.

The men, ages 27 and 34, were detained Monday by Mexican agents as they walked toward the border in a sparsely populated area west of Tecate, Mexican Attorney General officials told The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Also detained were two Mexican smuggling suspects and a Mexican minor.

The two Iraqis claimed to be members of the Chaldean Christian minority, Liza Davis of the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana told the newspaper.

Mexican immigration officials have flown the pair to Mexico City for eventual deportation to Iraq.

U.S. agents crossed to Mexico to interrogate the two men, who had no criminal records or links to terrorist organizations, Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego told the Union-Tribune.

The brothers said they were from Baghdad, where they came into contact with a person who helped them obtain travel documents, Mexican authorities told the newspaper. They flew to Spain, then Mexico City, before taking a bus to the border.

In Tijuana, they were contacted by the smuggling suspects and the 17-year-old, authorities told the newspaper.

The three Mexicans and two Iraqis were walking toward the metal border fence in a rocky area known as Paso del Aguila when they were intercepted by agents with Mexico's Federal Investigations Agency.