Homeland Security Alert: Terror suspect may be headed to Texas through Mexico

HOUSTON – A Homeland Security Alert is asking Houston police and Harris County Sheriff’s deputies to keep their eyes open for a potential terrorist.

The alert focuses on Mohamed Ali, a suspected member of the terrorist group Al Shabaab. It indicates he may be traveling to the U.S. through Mexico.

Al Shabaab is a terrorist group based in Somalia with links to the Somali attacks dramatized in the movie “Blackhawk Down.”  A few months ago, the group announced its allegiance to Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.

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