Arizona, Sonora on alert for al-Qaida suspect

August 20, 2004

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A borderwide alert has been issued for a suspected al-Qaida member who U.S. investigators believe may try to cross the border through Arizona or Texas, officials said Tuesday.

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, 29, a Saudi, is suspected of being an al-Qaida cell leader and has been wanted by the United States since 2003. The latest information places him in Honduras with the intent of crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, said Art Werge, a spokesman for the FBI’s El Paso office.

“We certainly don’t want him crossing into the United States because his plan is to conduct terror operations,”

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