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NYC man trying to join LeT held

AP Published February 10, 2019
US Attorney Geoffrey Berman says Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion is arrested as he tried to board a flight to Pakistan.— AFP/File
US Attorney Geoffrey Berman says Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion is arrested as he tried to board a flight to Pakistan.— AFP/File

NEW YORK: A resident of New York City has been arrested on federal charges of trying to join a Pakistan-based militant group.

US Attorney Geoffrey Berman says 29-year-old Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion was arrested on Thursday as he tried to board a flight to Pakistan at Kennedy Airport.

Berman says Encarnacion was trying to join the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has been blamed for high-profile attacks including the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 168 people.

Prosecutors say Encarnacion went online to try to join the organisation. They say he told an undercover FBI agent he was “ready to kill and die in the name of Allah”. Encarnacion is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation. It’s not clear if he has an attorney who can speak for him.

Published in Dawn, February 10th, 2019

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Zaid
Feb 10, 2019 09:20am
Welcome bro, we will provide you training and equipment you with weapons....
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Fastrack
Feb 10, 2019 09:21am
The era of conspiracy theories is over. Your man: you keep him.
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Asma
Feb 10, 2019 10:01am
Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion got inspired by the LeT movement.
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Asma
Feb 10, 2019 10:02am
Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion got inspired by the LeT movement.
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Abhishek
Feb 10, 2019 10:23am
@Asma, What do you mean to say? Inspired to " either kill or die"? You chose the word " inspiration".
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Salam afridi
Feb 10, 2019 12:44pm
Just pressure tactics.
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Akram
Feb 10, 2019 02:15pm
If this same character had gunned down 20 school kids then he would have been described as mentally deranged white man.
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Iran Baloch
Feb 10, 2019 02:42pm
Wow totally legit story
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Fastrack
Feb 10, 2019 05:40pm
@Zaid, Another troll comes rushing. Nothing here for you. Bye.
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