posted on Sep, 28 2004 @ 10:36 AM
A top al Qaeda lieutenant has met with leaders of a violent Salvadoran criminal gang with roots in Mexico and the United States � including a
stronghold in the Washington area � in an effort by the terrorist network to seek help infiltrating the U.S.-Mexico border, law enforcement
authorities said.
Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, a key al Qaeda cell leader for whom the U.S. government has offered a $5 million reward, was spotted in July in Honduras
meeting with leaders of El Salvador's notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang, which immigration officials said has smuggled hundreds of Central and South
Americans � mostly gang members � into the United States.
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