September 13, 2011 9:54 AM

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3 Pakistani men plead guilty to smuggling attempts

Three Pakistani men have pleaded guilty to charges they were planning to smuggle a Pakistani terrorist into the United States. The US Justice Department said on Monday that the men will face up to 15 years in jail and a fine of 250,000 dollars for the crime of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group. The men will also be deported to Pakistan when their jail time is up.Court documents say Irfan Ul Haq, Qasim Ali and Zahid Yousaf ran a human smuggling network in Quito, Equador and were willing to use their network to smuggle into the US a man they believed to be a member of the Tehrik-e Taliban or the Pakistani Taliban, which is designated a terrorist organization by the US.The three men accepted payment for the job and procured a false passport for the person to be smuggled. Ul Haq, Ali, and Yousaf were arrested in March this year.Assistant Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the case shows the danger of human smuggling networks to help terrorists move from country to country.

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