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| Jihadists ‘Are Teaming Up with Violent Drug Lords' in Latin America |
| 2017-11-24 |
| [Breitbart] Hezbollah and other Islamic terrorist groups are joining forces with "violent drug lords" in Latin America to raise money to fund their nefarious activities, posing a "grave threat" to U.S. national security, warned Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC) during an international forum on the nexus between drug cartels and Islamic extremists. "Hezbollah is partnering with Latin American drug lords to raise money for terrorist activity. This includes participation in drug trafficking, gun running, and trade-based money laundering," declared the North Carolina Republican before traveling to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to lead the ninth Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum on Tuesday. "The combination of radical Islamic terrorists and violent drug lords is a serious threat to national security." The U.S. State Department and the American military have conceded that Shiite Hezbollah militants and to a lesser extent Sunni Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists maintain a presence in Latin America. As chief of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in charge of American military operations in most of Latin America and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, retired Gen. John Kelly highlighted the ongoing threat against the United States posed by the relationship between drug cartels and Islamic terrorist groups. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Attracted for religious reasons? Or is it just the violence . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-11-24 19:25 |
| #2 I also suppose there are some interventionist folks here. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-11-24 17:38 |
| #1 This is very old news that is buried and re buried by the "immigration" apologists in the media. I can remember posts on here going back YEARS about weapons, drugs and personnel transport cooperation between the jihadists and the cartels. All the more reason for travel and visa bans and a very high wall... |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-11-24 12:12 |