Coverage dated August 28, 2023

Smuggler with ISIS ties helped migrants enter US from Mexico, FBI says

Headline from NBC4 Washington

The U.S. is working with the foreign partners to shut down the travel routes used by the smuggling network and to identify the people who used it to enter the country, the NSC said.

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Reports & sources

12 articles, oldest first.

  1. Local News 8

    Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government (opens Local News 8)

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    By Katie Bo Lillis, Evan Perez, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is investigating more than a dozen Uzbek nationals allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found th…

  2. The Daily Caller

    FBI Trying To Track Down Illegal Migrants Brought Into US By ISIS-Tied Smuggler (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The FBI is trying to locate more than 12 migrants from Uzbekistan that were released into the U.S. after receiving help from an ISIS-tied smuggler.

  3. New York Post

    Migrants entered US with help of smuggler who has ties to ISIS: report (opens New York Post)

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    The FBI is reportedly scrambling to find more than a dozen Uzbek nationals who sought asylum in the US earlier this year.

  4. NBC4 Washington

    Smuggler with ISIS ties helped migrants enter US from Mexico, FBI says (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    The U.S. is working with the foreign partners to shut down the travel routes used by the smuggling network and to identify the people who used it to enter the country, the NSC said.

  5. Wall Street Journal

    Smuggler With Islamic State Ties Helped Uzbeks Cross Into U.S. From Mexico, Officials Say (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Washington says that it doesn’t believe the migrants are connected to terrorist plots, but is continuing to investigate.

  6. Hot Air

  7. Washington Examiner

    FBI searching for immigrants who crossed US-Mexico border with ISIS-affiliated smuggler (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The FBI is scrambling to locate immigrants from Uzbekistan who were released into the United States after they illegally crossed the southern border with the help of a human smuggler who has ties to the Islamic State terrorist group, according to a new report.

  8. CNN

    Exclusive: Feds scramble to track migrants who crossed US southern border with help of smuggler with ties to ISIS (opens CNN)

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    The FBI is investigating more than a dozen Uzbek nationals allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that the migrants traveled with the help of a smuggler with ties to ISIS, according to…

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