{"id":20671,"date":"2010-07-06T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=20671"},"modified":"2010-07-07T22:50:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T05:50:17","slug":"mexico-thwarts-hezbollah-plana-for-south-american-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/mexico-thwarts-hezbollah-plana-for-south-american-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Thwarts Hezbollah Plans For South American Network"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Militant group employed Mexican nationals with ties to Lebanon to target Israel and the West, Kuwaiti newspaper reports.<\/p>\n

Mexico foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to establish a network in South America, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah operatives employed Mexicans nationals with family ties to Lebanon to set up the network, designed to target Israel and the West, the Al-Seyassah daily said.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Mexican police mounted a surveillance operation on the group’s leader, Jameel Nasr, who traveled frequently to Lebanon to receive information and instructions\u00a0 from Hezbollah commanders there.<\/p>\n

Police say Nasr also made frequent trips to other countries in Latin America, including a two-month stay in\u00a0 Venezuela in the summer of 2008.<\/p>\n

Nasr was living in Tijuana, Mexico at the time of his arrest, the report said.<\/p>\n

The report follows warnings from the United States that Hezbollah and its backer Iran are stepping up operations in the region.<\/p>\n

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