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Article Excerpt
Two top Central American vote-grabbing issues fused in late September to create a potential blockbuster. Al-Qaeda infiltration of the region and the proliferation of youth gangs(see NotiCen, 2004-08-19) were brought together in a Washington Times article claiming that Adnan el Shukrijumah, "a key al-Qaeda cell leader for whom the US government has offered a US$5 million award," had been in Honduras in July, meeting with leaders of El Salvador's Mara Salvatrucha gang. The paper said el Shukrijumah had made his way to Honduras from Panama, crossing borders illegally. He wanted to arrange a partnership with the gang because it was said to control alien-smuggling routes through Mexico to the US. US Attorney General John Ashcroft had identified el Shukrijumah as "a clear and present danger" to his country, citing "credible intelligence from multiple sources" for the accusation. Salvatrucha, in turn, was identified as "the gang of greatest interest" by US Attorney Paul J. McNulty.
Smuggling terrorist operatives into the US aside, the article also said that al-Qaeda also planned attacks on US, British, Spanish, and El Salvadoran embassies in Tegucigalpa. The story circulated widely in the region's media.
Central America had already stepped up coordinated efforts to foil al-Qaeda plots on the isthmus. Nicaraguan military authorities had said in August that military intelligence had been...
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