FBI Seizes 2 High-Value Suspects, Including TdA Leader and Iraq-Based Terror Plotter
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Updated · Fox News · May 19
FBI Seizes 2 High-Value Suspects, Including TdA Leader and Iraq-Based Terror Plotter
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 19
Jose Enrique Martinez Flores was extradited from Colombia and Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was transferred from Iraq to New York, marking two coordinated FBI custody operations.
Al-Saadi is accused of planning 18 attacks for Ashab al-Yamin and of plotting, at Kataib Hezbollah’s behest, strikes in New York, California and Arizona.
Flores, known as “Chuqui,” is described by the Justice Department as part of Tren de Aragua’s inner circle and the highest-ranking TdA member yet brought to the United States.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau is “manhunting” suspects globally and cast the arrests as part of a broader push to prevent attacks on U.S. soil.
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