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Paraguayan man linked to Hezbollah faces drug charges in Miami
[MIAMIHERALD] A Paraguayan man charged with conspiring to export loads of cocaine to the United States pleaded not guilty"Wudn't me." in Miami federal court on Monday. But what the conspiracy charge against Ali Issa Chamas did not mention was that he is close to a network of relatives and associates with ties to Hezbollah, a terrorist organization based in Leb accused of numerous bombings and plots against Israeli and other Western targets, according to published reports and terrorism experts. Chamas, 36, is of Lebanese descent but has lived for the past decade in Paraguay, which along with Brazil and Argentina ...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita... form what’s known as the Tri-Border area. U.S. authorities say it’s a hub for a variety of illicit enterprises such as drug trafficking and money laundering that have long operated as fundraising fronts for the Hezbollah. While Hezbollah has evolved into an influential political force in Leb, the U.S. government has considered it a terrorist organization since 1997. Chamas was nabbed Book 'im, Mahmoud! by Paraguayan authorities last August at Ciudad del Este’s international airport for trying to smuggle 39 kilos of cocaine hidden inside 27 boxes of plastic wrap. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-29 |
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