MEXICO CITY — Hezbollah crossed from Tijuana into the United States. A member of Somali extremist group Al Shabaab was deported from Mexico. An Al Qaeda operative appeared in Honduras. The list of allegations runs on. When Texas Gov. Rick Perry said last week the Islamic State (IS) could have crossed over the Rio Grande, he sparked quick denials
Rick Perry’s Islamic State Remark Joins A List Of Mexican-border Terror Threat Claims
Here‘s a look at four major claims of faraway terrorism stirring in America’s southern frontier. In some of those cases, at least, officials actually attempted to provide evidence, with varying success.