Another South African Passport Arrest At Mexican Border

[Annie]

This is getting more than a tad troublesome. There are links embedded at the following site:

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000355.htm

ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS SOUTH AFRICAN AT THE BORDER
By Michelle Malkin · August 05, 2004 10:19 AM
Martin at nationalterroralert.com passes on new info about another arrest of a South African (or at least someone traveling with a South African passport) with suspected terrorist ties knocking at our Southern border:

A South African citizen has been arrested in Mexico for alleged involvement in al-Qaeda-linked terrorist activities, South African media reported on Thursday, prompting further speculation about al-Qaeda presence in the country.
The man, so far unidentified, was carrying a South African passport and a mobile phone that had been used to make calls to South Africa when he was nabbed in Mexico near the US border on Tuesday, said local newspaper Thisday.

However, the South African government has yet confirmed if the man is genuine South African citizen or foreign national holding South African travel documentation.

Another newspaper, The Star, quoted a governmental official as saying that the 29-year-old with a Muslim name was arrested because the Mexican authorities believed his travel documents werenot in order.

If proved to be a South African, he would be the fourth South African citizen arrested overseas for alleged link with al-Qaeda in three weeks, said the newspaper.


Related news here and here and here.

Meanwhile, the Brownsville Herald reports on the latest regarding Rio Grande swimmer Farida Goolam Mohamed Ahmed:

A grand jury will meet Aug. 16 to begin hearing evidence in the case of a South African woman who recently was detained at the McAllen airport after she failed to produce a visa for the U.S. Border Patrol...

 

[Annie]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2747411

Excerpt:

Aug. 19, 2004, 9:55PM

Immigrant indicted on passport violations
South African's easy entry reveals leaks along border
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

A South African woman whose arrest in McAllen last month raised fears about terrorists crossing the southern U.S. border has been indicted on charges of entering the United States with an altered passport.

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A federal grand jury in Houston returned a sealed indictment Monday also charging Farida Goolam Mahomed Ahmed, 48, of Johannesburg with making a false statement to a federal agent, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

Ahmed was detained July 19 at the McAllen airport while waiting to board a flight to New York.

The Border Patrol said she did not have a valid visa and she also was found to be carrying a South African passport with three pages missing.

 

[insein]

ITs good they keep catching them anyway despite vast inefficiencies in the border patrol system. I shudder to think though how many ARE getting through.