ISIS in Mexico: Reports of Cross-Border Invasion a Hoax, Officials Say Nathan Francis - Inquisitr
go to original April 21, 2015

People in one Mexican border town shot down reports from 'Judicial Watch' that the terrorist group the Islamic State has set up training camps along the border. (US Today)

Reports that ISIS is in Mexico planning to invade the United States have been debunked, but officials say the militant group could still be planning attacks within America’s borders.

Rumors spread this week that ISIS was operating a cell near the U.S. border, originating from a conservative blog called Judicial Watch. The report was debunked as false.

Rumors that ISIS militants were trying to invade through Mexico have been circulating for months, originating in a near-identical report from Judicial Watch. In the summer of 2014, as the group was making its blitz across Iraq and Syria, reports spread that the group wanted to infiltrate the United States and attack.

...Many people rebuked the reports that ISIS was in Mexico, including Nicholas Rasmussen, deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Rasmussen noted that the militant group lacked the capacity to carry out such an operation.

...While ISIS is not operating in Mexico or the United States in an organized fashion, officials have warned that small cells may be working to carry out individual attacks.

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