According to multiple reports, authorities arrested a self-proclaimed member of Hezbollah en route to New York after he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
The undocumented migrant allegedly admitted his plan to manufacture a weapon of mass destruction for use against the United States to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Bob Price from Breitbart has further details on the supposed jihadist's unsuccessful attempt:
Border Patrol agents arrested 22-year-old Basel Bassel Ebbadi, a Lebanese national, after he illegally entered the United States from Mexico near El Paso. “I'm going to try to make a bomb,” Ebbadi told Border Patrol agents when asked why he came to the U.S., according to an exclusive report by the New York Post.
Agents captured Ebbadi on March 9 after he crossed the border from Mexico into Texas. The agents transported the Lebanese man to the El Paso hardened facility for processing and investigation. Two days later, Ebbadi told the agents he was going to make a bomb. The agents moved the man to isolation and contacted the Tactical Terrorism Response Team to conduct an interview.
During the interview on March 12, agents Mirandized the man who later admitted to being a member of a foreign terrorist organization.
Ebbadi also reportedly admitted he trained with Hezbollah for seven years and served as an active member for an additional four years. His duties included guarding weapons locations.
As of Sunday evening, CBP had not confirmed the reports concerning the latest terrorist threat.
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