Lebanese illegal immigrant caught at US border admits he's Hezbollah member planning to go to New York to 'make a bomb': Report
PAUL SACCA
MARCH 17, 2024
ALebanese illegal immigrant caught trying to cross over the U.S. southern border reportedly admitted that he is a member of Hezbollah. The alleged member of the Iran-back terrorist group intended to go to New York and planned to "make a bomb," according to a new report.
The New York Post reported on Sunday, "Basel Bassel Ebbadi, 22, was caught by border patrol on March 9 near El Paso, Texas. While in custody he asked what he was doing in the US, to which he replied: 'I'm going to try to make a bomb,' according to a Border Patrol document exclusively obtained by The Post."
The outlet reported that Ebbadi is a Lebanese national and a member of Hezzbolah – a Shia Islamist militant group based in Lebanon.
The U.S. State Department designated Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.
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