Feds nab another Syrian national connected to SIA smuggling in New Mexico

(The Center Square) – Federal agents arrested another Syrian national involved in border crimes, this time in New Mexico and west Texas.

The arrest stems from a 1.5-year-long investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations-El Paso. HSI El Paso is part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection El Paso Sector, which includes two west Texas counties and all of New Mexico. The sector saw record illegal entries during the Biden administration, The Center Square reported.

Syrian national Jalal Maklad Adeeb was extradited to El Paso, Texas, this month after being indicted last August by a federal grand jury in the District of New Mexico. He was charged with “conspiracy to bring in illegal aliens for financial gain, bringing aliens to the United States for financial gain, and aiding and abetting.”

“Adeeb Maklad Adeeb was the leader of an international criminal network ...