More about the Syrian men who were arrested in Honduras – and that they planned to enter the USA. The Daily Mail UK writes that:

• The five Syrians were arrested in Honduras with forged Greek passports
• Men obtained stolen documents in Brazil and had their photos added on
• Officials believe they were making their way towards the United States
• Only had hand luggage with them to avoid checks as they made journey
• After missing a flight because of delays, they were found to not be Greek
• Men are not considered terrorists, Honduran officials tell Daily Mail Online
• Men fled Syria after fears they would be kidnapped by ISIS, police say

I would add that they SAY they were afraid of ISIS and are not terrorists.  Even if they aren’t terrorists, the same methods they used to travel to the United States are probably being used by terrorists.  Forged passports seem to be easy to obtain in many countries.

“If the last Avianca Airlines flight from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, had not been held up on Tuesday, the men would have been free to travel on.

But it was so late they missed their connecting flight to the northern Honduras city of San Pedro Sula, just 20 miles from the border. From there they planned to cross into Guatemala and travel by land through Mexico to the United States ….

The men’s odyssey has highlighted glaring lapses in security that could potentially be exploited by ISIS and other terrorist groups.

They carefully planned their trip, spending five or six days in three different countries, Brazil, Argentina and Costa Rica, as they made their way north.

‘They didn’t want to arouse suspicion so made it look like they were tourists spending time in each place,’ a Honduran official involved in the case told Daily Mail Online.

They went from Brazil to Argentina by land at the porous Triple Frontier near Iguazu Falls, a well-traveled tourist destination where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet, a U.S. source said.

The three countries belong to the Mercosur customs bloc, where travelers can cross borders with simple identity documents rather than passports.

The young men are currently in jail, waiting to find out what happens to them next.  They could be sent back to Syria, or sent to Brazil, where they obtained the fake passports.  It is also possible that they will be given refugee status in Honduras.

Security in Honduras said that the passports were so well done that they didn’t immediately rouse suspicion; rather it was their nervousness and answers given during questioning of the men that prompted officials to call Greece, when they learned that four of the passports were stolen, and the fifth one lost.  A diplomat from Greece was called in, and he confirmed that the men did not speak Greek.

Another person, a woman, was also caught in Honduras.  She was sent back to Syria.  Six Syrians were caught at the Mexico/US border at Laredo.  They were turned over to U.S. immigration. According to Mexican immigration records, at least nine Syrians have been caught already this year.

This is a serious concern,’ Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, told a hearing.

And Paul Babeu, the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, which covers a major route for smugglers bringing Latin Americans into the United States told the New York Times: ‘My fear – and what should be the fear of all Americans – is that terrorists are using well-established smuggling routes through Central America, through Mexico, and positioning themselves to come across the border.’

‘Obama has created an open border in our nation … and extremists will exploit it. This is just the tip of the iceberg.’ Babeu tweeted on Thursday.

We in the United States should be alarmed, because ISIS has bragged that they have done this exact thing before in Europe, hiding among legitimate Syrian refugees.

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