Criminal Gangs and Al Qaeda merging along the
Mexican Border
A Bangladeshi Muslim man named Fakhrul Islam was among a group of 13 illegal aliens
arrested near Brownsville, Texas, just across the border from Mexico. Border Patrol agents
have said that one of the men detained along with Islam was a member of Mara Salvatrucha,
a violent Salvadoran criminal gang with more than 300,000 members across Central and North
America, including powerful enterprises in several major U.S. cities.
"In July, Adnan El-Shukrijumah, a high-ranking Al-Qaeda leader and
one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, was spotted in Honduras meeting
with members of MS-13. Attorney General John Ashcroft has said that
El-Shukrijumah, who he has described as a 'clear and present danger to America,' is
seeking ways to infiltrate the U.S. via the Mexican border, and is willing to pay top
dollar in order to do so."
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