Border Patrol stops suspected terrorist from Saudi Arabia in Arizona

Published December 20, 2021 7:44pm ET



AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended a suspected terrorist from Saudi Arabia in western Arizona late last week after he attempted to enter the United States illegally from Mexico.

The 21-year-old man from Saudi Arabia was encountered by federal law enforcement on Dec. 16 wearing a jacket for the Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Central Oneida County, located in upstate New York. The man’s name was not disclosed.

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