1. Also, federal officials Monday caught a second Algerian national trying to sneak into the United States. 2. All five of those arrested in Boston are Algerian nationals. 3. Federal agents detained five Algerian nationals Thursday after their names surfaced in connection with an Algerian man accused of attempting to smuggle explosives from Canada into Washington state. 4. Ghani, an Algerian national, also was charged with conspiracy to commit credit card fraud. 5. He is an Algerian national who was carrying a fake French passport at the time of his arrest. 6. In court Friday, an assistant U.S. attorney, David N. Kelley, revealed that Ghani, an Algerian national, had been in the United States illegally. 7. Information stemming from the Ressam investigation also led to the arrest of five Algerian nationals in the Boston area Thursday. 8. On Thursday, a federal magistrate ordered a Canadian woman and an Algerian national to be held without bond. 9. Ressam and another man, Bouabide Chamchi, who was arrested with Garofalo, are both Algerian nationals. 10. She and Buoabide Chamchi, an Algerian national arrested with her, so far have been charged only with immigration and passport violations. |