http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/People-with-Ties-to-Islamic-Terrorism-Caught/UCFOA6UjvEmRzMf4eBt9Mg.cspx"Inspectors were able to cross over the border undetected 93% of the time"
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ZAPATA COUNTY - Some members of Texas law enforcement are nervous about the possibility of terrorists crossing illegally into the U.S.
Multiple government reports show people from countries that support terrorism have been entering the United States illegally through Mexico. Those countries include Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan.
Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. worries drug cartels are teaming up with terrorists.
"It's real. It's still real. It's still happening," he says.
A congressional report says Middle Easterners, some with ties to Islamic terrorism, are buying fake documents with Hispanic-sounding last names to blend in on the border.
The report says Middle Easterners are paying cartels $50,000 a person to be smuggled in the U.S.
"You can bring in 1,000 pounds of marijuana at one time," Gonzalez says. "How simple would it be to bring a suitcase filled with a dirty bomb?"
STRATFOR, an intelligence agency in Austin, monitors security threats. They think al-Qaida's goal is to blow up a dirty bomb, which consists of radioactive material packed with explosives, somewhere in the United States.
A STRATFOR tactical analyst says a dirty bomb could easily be smuggled across the border and detonated.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published several studies that found holes in border security.
One GAO study found radiation detectors at all of our international bridges have "serious performance problems" and might not be able to detect a dirty bomb.
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