{"id":2015420,"date":"2023-08-29T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smuggler-with-ties-to-isis-smuggles-migrants-into-u-s-from-mexico\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:39:48","slug":"smuggler-with-ties-to-isis-smuggles-migrants-into-u-s-from-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smuggler-with-ties-to-isis-smuggles-migrants-into-u-s-from-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS-linked smuggler brings migrants into US from Mexico."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmuggler-with-ties-to-isis-smuggles-migrants-into-u-s-from-mexico%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The border wall is seen \u2064on January\u2062 15, 2019 in Esperanza, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty\u2062 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy\u2064 Francis<\/a><br \/>9:26 \u200cAM \u2013 Tuesday, August 29, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A smuggler that has ties to ISIS helped more than\u200c a \u2064dozen Uzbek \u200dnationals\u2063 cross into the United States from Mexico earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING REPORT: FBI scrambling to track OVER A DOZEN of Uzbek nationals who entered US with help of ISIS-linked smuggler..<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck\u2063 Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckCallesto\/status\/1696530545503850706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to CNN, the\u2064 migrants from Uzbekistan had requested asylum and underwent screening by the Department of Homeland \u2064Security and were ultimately all released into \u200dthe \u200dU.S.\u200b with a pending court\u2063 date.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence officials later \u2063found \u2064that\u200d the smuggler\u200d who had helped the migrants was part of a human \u200dsmuggling network that was helping Uzbek nationals travel to the U.S.\u2063 which also\u2062 had ties to ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>FBI agents had rushed to locate all the migrants from the \u2062group and investigate their backgrounds.\u2063 Turkish \u2062authorities, \u200dat the\u200b urging \u2063of the U.S., arrested the smuggler and obtained information from him to aid the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>When the ISIS link was revealed, National Security Council spokesman Adrienne \u200cWatson said \u200bthat intelligence\u2062 officials scrambled to \u201cidentify and assess\u201d all the\u2062 migrants who had \u200bentered the\u200c U.S. with the help\u2062 of that\u200b particular smuggler, \u2062meanwhile, the FBI said\u2062 that no specific\u200c ISIS plot has been identified.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere was no indication\u2014and remains no indication\u2014that any of the individuals facilitated by this network have a connection to a foreign terrorist organization or are\u2062 engaged in plotting a terrorist attack in the United States,\u201d Watson\u200d said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to intelligence officials, the ISIS-linked smuggler is not believed to be a\u200b direct member of the terror group, but is considered an independent contractor who is sympathetic \u200cto the group\u2019s cause.<\/p>\n<p>The migrants\u2063 who were \u2064smuggled across the southern border are also believed to have no ties to the terror\u200c group. However, not all the migrants who were part of \u200cthe group have been located. <\/p>\n<p>Watson also \u2063added that more than 15 of\u200b the migrants that have been located remain under scrutiny by the FBI as possible criminal\u2063 threats.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns have been raised\u200c over the recent unusual increase in the number of people \u2062arriving in the U.S. from Central Asia in recent months. The Area is \u2064not \u200dknown as a usual source of \u200drefugees. Watson told CNN that the Intelligence\u2062 Community is continually assessing the \u2064country\u2019s security architecture to \u2064be able to \u2062best respond to any threats that come up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe continually assess our security architecture\u200b to ensure that we\u200d are \u200bbest poised to respond \u2063to\u2063 threats\u200d to the homeland,\u201d Watson said in her statement. \u201cMoreover, we will continue\u2063 to constantly recalibrate our\u2062 screening, vetting, and processing of\u2062 those encountered entering the United States to\u2063 ensure that we are taking into account the most up-to-date\u2062 information at our\u2063 disposal and\u2064 with an unyielding commitment to protecting Americans\u200c and the \u2062homeland from the \u2063full range of potential threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident kicked off a \u2063series of emergency meetings between\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smuggler-with-ties-to-isis-smuggles-migrants-into-u-s-from-mexico\/\" title=\"ISIS-linked smuggler brings migrants into US from Mexico.\">top\u200c national security<\/a> and administration officials, along with staff on \u200ckey congressional committees being \u200dinformed as \u2063well.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking\u200d news blasts directly to your inbox \u2064for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former senior Trump White \u2063House \u2064aide\u200c Peter Navarro \u200ctestified Monday in a federal courtroom on charges of defying a Democrat-appointed House J6 Select Committee subpoena.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>UNC Chapel \u200bHill goes on lockdown and Judge Chutkan sets Trump\u2019s alleged Election Interference trial date just before \u2063Super Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National\u200b Legal and Policy Center\u200c legal counsel Paul Kamenar \u2062says former Trump \u2064Chief-of-Staff Mark\u2064 Meadows has \u201ca good chance\u201d in succeeding\u2063 in\u200b his bid\u200b to move his\u200d trial on charges of tampering\u200d with \u200bthe 2020 election to federal court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger asked\u200d an Idaho \u200bjudge to ban cameras from the courtroom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2062 Hannah Lang (Reuters) \u2013 The \u2062U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should\u2062 have \u200bapproved an \u2063application from Grayscale Investments to create a\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Chinese \u2064smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp reported a 4% \u2062revenue drop in \u200bthe second quarter, tracking\u2064 a shrinkage in \u2064China\u2019s\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Katie \u200bPaul NEW \u2062YORK (Reuters) \u2013\u200b Facebook parent company \u2064Meta said on Tuesday\u2063 it had uncovered links between \u2063people associated with\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2062 Noel Randewich (Reuters) \u2013 \u2063Increased analysts\u2019 estimates since Nvidia\u2019s \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catalent-to-explore-options-after-elliott-deal-sources\/\" title=\"Catalent to consider alternatives following Elliott agreement - sources.\">strong quarterly report<\/a> last week have\u2062 left the \u200cworld\u2019s \u200dmost valuable chipmaker\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The border wall in Esperanza, Texas, captured in a photo on January 15, 2019, is significant. According to OAN&#8217;s Roy Francis, a smuggler linked to ISIS assisted over a dozen Uzbek nationals in crossing into the US from Mexico. The FBI is urgently responding to this breaking report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2062,"featured_media":2015421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2062"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}