GUILTY NM - 11 children found in "filthy" compound with little food, training to commit terrorism, Taos, Aug 2018

[K_Z]

Let's put a few things together.

Sirhaj Wahaj is the son of a New York imam linked to terrorism.

At some point, the New Mexico "five" cut off ties with their east coast friends and family and relocate to New Mexico, transporting illegally possessed guns across state lines.

Since 2009, Amin had been a friend of the Wahhaj family. Amin said he had previously counseled several of the adults found at the New Mexico compound, including Subhannah Wahhaj, her husband Lucas Morten, her brother Siraj Wahhaj and Siraj Wahhaj's partner, Jany Leveille.

He said he also knew that members of her family, including Siraj and her sister Hujrah, had cut ties with their Georgia friends and families, right around the time Siraj's young son, Abdul-Ghani had disappeared.

"I was trying to ascertain [Abdul-Ghani's] location," Amin said about their exchange. The messages were entered into evidence in court this week.

Family friend of New Mexico suspects is the tipster who relayed starvation message to police

Nov/ Dec 2017 Sirhaj Wahaj abducts his son and transports him out of Georgia to New Mexico

May 2018 FBI surveillance begins after Jany Leveille sends her brother a letter urging him to join them and become a martyr.

(multiple sources; this is one)

The five defendants, who are all black and Muslim, came under FBI surveillance in May at their remote settlement north of Taos after Leveille sent a letter to Ibn Wahhaj's brother asking him to join them and become a "martyr," state prosecutors said on Aug. 13.

FBI arrests New Mexico compound members on new charges

This islamic "counselor" is also who Jany Leveille contacted to ask for money ($400) because "she" was starving (not the kids.).

Amin told CNN he received a friend request on Facebook around July 31 from Subhannah Wahhaj, one of the women who was found in the compound and subsequently charged with child abuse.

When he accepted her Facebook request, she requested confidentiality and then cash.

"I am desperately in need of $400 in order to save myself from starvation," according to the message she sent Amin. "Again, I wouldn't ask if I truly didn't need it."

Family friend of New Mexico suspects is the tipster who relayed starvation message to police

The compound was very hastily bulldozed by "authorities" after the first arrests, but owners still found firearms in the rubble.

So these five were being "monitored" and surveilled by the FBI as far back as May 2018. Yet it was the LOCAL police that got the "starving kids" message to raid the compound.

Starting to think this was a massive "charlie foxtrot" where the LOCAL police "stepped into" something the FBI was "sitting on", and there was a catastrophic upheaval of confusion and chaos over jurisdiction and charges.

IMO, this was a unquestionably a terrorism surveillance operation all along. The unfortunate children were abused/ coerced/ manipulated agents of the terrorism planning. "Stockholm syndrome."

Do we even know if the children are all biologically related to the five defendants?

 

[Niner]

From what I've read "some" of the children belong to some of the 5 defendants. Who to who - no idea.

edited to add - I agree with on the LOCAL LE taking things into their own hands - messing up the FBI surveillance!

 

[katydid23]

FBI arrests five New Mexico compound suspects days after multiple charges were dropped

By Matt Richardson | Fox News


The FBI announced Friday that it had arrested all five New Mexico compound suspects, days after multiple charges were dropped. The suspects were now being charged with violating federal firearms and conspiracy laws.

The announcement comes after local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the compound site. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said Friday his office would now seek grand jury indictments involving the death. Gallegos said seeking indictments would allow more time to gather evidence.

"The defendants, Jany Leveille, 35, a Haitian national illegally present in the United States, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, Hujrah Wahhaj, 37, Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, and Lucas Morton, 40, are charged in a criminal complaint that was filed earlier today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico," the bureau said in a statement.


If convicted of aiding and abetting Leveille, Leveille’s co-defendants could each face a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment. If convicted on the conspiracy charge, meanwhile, the five could each face a statutory penalty of five years' imprisonment.

All five defendants are scheduled to appear in federal court in Albuquerque on Sept. 4.

FBI arrests five New Mexico compound suspects days after multiple charges were dropped

 

[K_Z]

Teen from New Mexico compound says he was trained for jihad: FBI
TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - A 13-year-old boy who was part of group taken into custody at a squalid New Mexico compound last month has told FBI agents his mother’s boyfriend was training him to conduct “jihad” against non-believers, according to federal court documents.

The boy told agents that Ibn Wahhaj trained him and another of Leveille’s teenage sons in firearms and military techniques, including rapid reloads and hand-to-hand combat, and told them jihad meant killing non-believers on behalf of Allah, according to the affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico.

Teen from New Mexico compound says he was trained for jihad: FBI

*Still looking for the actual criminal complaint, but it's not readily available online yet.

The federal criminal complaint says the group did “knowingly conspire, combine, confederate and agree with each other and act interdependently with one another to knowingly provide Jany Leveille … an alien who was illegally and unlawfully in the United States, possession of firearms and ammunition.” Leveille is originally from Haiti and has been in the U.S. illegally since December 1998, the complaint says.

The federal complaint reiterates allegations by state prosecutors that Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was training the children to use guns in a tactical way in addition to training them in hand-to-hand combat.

The complaint says Leveille came to the U.S. via New York in June 1998 as a non-immigrant visitor for a period that was not supposed to exceed six months. It also says that she wanted to marry Siraj Ibn Wahhaj so she could remain in the U.S.

FBI arrests Taos compound defendants

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, Sept. 4th:
*Prelim Hearing for all (@ MT) – NM – 11 children (ages 1 to 15 found 8/3/18 in filthy NM compound) -
*Siraj Ibn Wahhaj (39), Maryam Jany Leveille (35) (wife of Siraj), Laqman Lucas Allen Morton (40), Subhannah Wahhaj (33) (wife of Morton) & Hujrah Wahhaj (38) arrested (8/31/18) by FBI charged Leveille, a Haitian national, with being in the United States illegally and unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition from November 2017 through August 2018. The other four defendants are charged with aiding and abetting Leveille and conspiring with her to commit the offense. (Violating federal firearms & conspiracy laws).
All five defendants are scheduled to appear in federal court in Albuquerque on Sept. 4.
8/31/18 Update: The defendants, Jany Leveille, 35, a Haitian national illegally present in the United States, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, Hujrah Wahhaj, 37, Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, and Lucas Morton, 40, are charged in a criminal complaint that was filed earlier today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The criminal complaint charges Jany Leveille with being an alien unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition in the District of New Mexico from Nov. 2017 through Aug. 2018. The criminal complaint charges the other four defendants with aiding and abetting Leveille in committing the offense, and with conspiring with Leveille to commit the offense.
Also Friday, the Taos County District Attorney announced the remaining state charges against Leveille and Siraj Wahhaj had been dropped so prosecutors can prepare a better case to present to a grand jury September 27.
"We plan to take the cases against all five defendants to grand jury," District Attorney Donald Gallegos said. "It is also possible, in reviewing the evidence still coming in, the charges could be altered, reduced or increased. Right now it is too early to tell."
Leveille faces a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment and deportation upon completion of her sentence if convicted, according to the bureau. Leveille came to the U.S. via New York in June 1998 as a non-immigrant visitor for a period that was not supposed to exceed six months. She wanted to marry Siraj Ibn Wahhaj so she could remain in the U.S.
If convicted of aiding and abetting Leveille, Leveille’s co-defendants could each face a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment. If convicted on the conspiracy charge, meanwhile, the five could each face a statutory penalty of five years' imprisonment.

 

[Niner]

New Mexico compound suspects to appear in court on federal charges

They will appear in Albuquerque before Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa, who may set a preliminary and detention hearing for Wednesday.

FBI agents seized at least 11 firearms -- pistols, revolvers, a shotgun and rifles -- and a large quantity of ammunition at the compound in Amalia, according to the criminal complaint. The document alleges the firearms were transported to New Mexico from another state in Leveille's vehicle.
[.....]
Prosecutors later dismissed state charges against the other two defendants but plan to bring a new case before a grand jury September 27.

Last paragraph - that's re Sirah & Leveille.

 

[K_Z]

IMO, the federal firearms charges are "easy" charges to file in order to re-arrest all five of them, AND keep them in custody while additional federal charges are filed. IMO, there will be a number of new charges for all five filed within a few weeks related to "conspiracy to commit terroristic acts." (Among other charges.)

Interestingly, all 5 now have public defenders. IIRC, they had private attorneys when facing state charges.

The judge scheduled a detention hearing for Leveille and the others on Wednesday.


Public defenders are expected to be appointed soon for all five defendants.

New Mexico compound defendants appear in court

One optimistic note-- the 11 surviving kids will have little to no contact with any of the five defendants throughout their pretrial custody.

I'm predicting that none of the 5 will be in a situation to get out of custody after the bond hearing later this week.

 

[K_Z]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) - Five members of a New Mexico compound facing federal firearms and conspiracy charges will seek bail again, a defense lawyer said on Tuesday, just days after two state judges and prosecutors dismissed child abuse charges against the defendants on procedural grounds.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa on Tuesday said she would seek additional information from probation officers ahead of making a bail decision in the controversial case. She was due to make a ruling on bail on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutor George Kraehe, speaking at the hearing on Tuesday, said the U.S. government would seek their detention without bail.

New Mexico compound members to seek bail, again

 

[Niner]

Thanks K_Z for the updates!

Anyone know "where" I can look up the Federal case? They are not listed on the NM court site. TIA!!

I looked at the court site and these people are still charged with Criminal trespassing.
Leveille - Pretrial hearing on 10/3 @ 2pm
Hurjah - Pretrial hearing on 10/3 @ 2pm
Subhannah - Pretrial hearing on 10/31 @ 2pm
Morton - Motions hearing on 9/5 @ 9am & Pretrial hearing on 10/31 @ 2pm

All pled not guilty. Nothing on Sirjah.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, Sept. 5th:
*Detention Hearing for all (Decision on bail) (@ MT) – NM – 11 children (ages 1 to 15 found 8/3/18 in filthy NM compound) -
*Siraj Ibn Wahhaj (39), Maryam Jany Leveille (35) (wife of Siraj), Laqman Lucas Allen Morton (40), Subhannah Wahhaj (33) (wife of Morton) & Hujrah Wahhaj (38) arrested (8/31/18) by FBI charged Leveille, a Haitian national, with being in the United States illegally and unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition from November 2017 through August 2018. The other four defendants are charged with aiding and abetting Leveille and conspiring with her to commit the offence. (Violating federal firearms & conspiracy laws).
All five defendants are scheduled to appear in federal court in Albuquerque on Sept. 4.
8/31/18 Update: The defendants, Jany Leveille, 35, a Haitian national illegally present in the United States, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, Hujrah Wahhaj, 37, Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, and Lucas Morton, 40, are charged in a criminal complaint that was filed earlier today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The criminal complaint charges Jany Leveille with being an alien unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition in the District of New Mexico from Nov. 2017 through Aug. 2018. The criminal complaint charges the other four defendants with aiding and abetting Leveille in committing the offense, and with conspiring with Leveille to commit the offense.
Also Friday, the Taos County District Attorney announced the remaining state charges against Leveille and Siraj Wahhaj had been dropped so prosecutors can prepare a better case to present to a grand jury September 27.
"We plan to take the cases against all five defendants to grand jury," District Attorney Donald Gallegos said. "It is also possible, in reviewing the evidence still coming in, the charges could be altered, reduced or increased. Right now it is too early to tell."
Leveille faces a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment and deportation upon completion of her sentence if convicted, according to the bureau. Leveille came to the U.S. via New York in June 1998 as a non-immigrant visitor for a period that was not supposed to exceed six months. She wanted to marry Siraj Ibn Wahhaj so she could remain in the U.S.
If convicted of aiding and abetting Leveille, Leveille’s co-defendants could each face a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment. If convicted on the conspiracy charge, meanwhile, the five could each face a statutory penalty of five years' imprisonment.
9/4/18 Update: The judge scheduled a detention hearing for Leveille and the others on Wednesday (9/5). State prosecutors also have said they plan to seek indictments in connection with the death of Siraj Ibn Wahhaj's son and living conditions at the compound where 11 children were found living in filth.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa on Tuesday said she would seek additional information from probation officers ahead of making a bail decision in the controversial case. She was due to make a ruling on bail on Wednesday.
Federal prosecutor George Kraehe, speaking at the hearing on Tuesday, said the U.S. government would seek their detention without bail.
One boy (of 11) son of Leveille.
State prosecutors on Friday (8/31/18) dismissed charges against Leveille and Ibn Wahhaj for the death of the toddler. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said in a statement that he planned to refile the charges, as well as child abuse charges against the three other defendants to a grand jury on Sept. 27.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Shocking details emerge from court documents on Taos County compound

 

[MicheleT]

Shocking details emerge from court documents on Taos County compound

From this article

The criminal complaint states that Leveille wanted to marry Siraj Wahhaj in order to remain in the United States. They say she had a failed pregnancy a few years ago and claimed that Wahhaj's wife used "black magic" to steal her baby.

Also, there possibly could be Federal kidnapping charges since they crossed state lines. These may be the lead up to that.

 

[K_Z]

Detention/ bond hearing postponed to Sept 12.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A judge has pushed back a detention hearing for five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico who are facing federal firearms-related charges.

Wednesday's decision came after public defenders requested more time to prepare. The defendants will remain in custody pending the Sept. 12 hearing.

Detention hearing delayed for New Mexico compound residents

 

[K_Z]

^^Regarding federal kidnapping charges/ across state lines.

As Sirhaj Wahaj is Abdul Ghani's bio father, and I believe he is also the legal husband of Abdul's mother (in Georgia), absent a court order regarding physical custody, I'm not sure federal kidnapping charges would apply.

I have to also wonder if Jany Leveille's grudge/ anger/ terrorist attack planning of Grady Memorial Hospital has anything to do with Abdul Ghani's birth injuries, or her own miscarriage around the time of Abdul's birth. Jany appears to consider herself Sirhaj Wahaj's "wife" (indeed, many articles identify her as his "wife"). There seems to be clear hostility expressed by Jany Leveille toward Abdul's mother.

The complaint states that Leveille later claimed that she had received messages from God ordering Siraj Wahhaj to take Abdul, bring him to her and then leave for New Mexico where they would perform an exorcism on the child "to cast the demons from his body, after which he would come to life as Isa (an Islamic term for Jesus Christ)."

According to the documents, Leveille believed that "Isa" would then instruct them on what corrupt institutions they needed to get rid of, including schools, and military and financial institutions.

Shocking details emerge from court documents on Taos County compound

Fundamentalist Islam allows up to 4 wives per man-- although polygamy is illegal in the U.S., they may have considered their relationship to be a "spiritual marriage" (similar to many christian U.S. fundamentalists, such as FLDS, etc.)

The criminal complaint states that Leveille wanted to marry Siraj Wahhaj in order to remain in the United States. They say she had a failed pregnancy a few years ago and claimed that Wahhaj's wife used "black magic" to steal her baby.

That baby was Abdul Wahhaj, whose remains were found on the compound shortly after the raid.

Shocking details emerge from court documents on Taos County compound

 

[Niner]

Thanks all for the updated articles!

 

[K_Z]

Found a couple of the original NM state court documents.

The first has voluminous details-- some new, some posted in numerous media articles. This confirms that Abdul was taken off all his medications at the time he was taken from Georgia-- about 3-4 weeks before his death. This motion also confirms the polygamous relationship (term used by prosecutors) between Abdul's mother (Hakima Ramzi), Jany Leveille, and Siraj Wahhaj, and elaborates on JL's ideas about Abdul's conception and "theft" from her womb by HR. The 2 anecdotes in the Motion about the gas station mishap and the flat tire police encounter are also illuminating, as they chronicle the group's travel across state lines from GA to NM.

24 Aug 2018
State's Motion for Reconsideration and Supplemental Motion for Pre-Trial Detention/ No Bond Pursuant to Rule 5-409 (K)

Compound Motion

Copy of handwritten letter from Jany Leveille to her brother urging him to bring money and guns and join them as a martyr.

Compound Letter

http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/29...as-not-showing-new-mexico-terrorist-compound/

 

[bears10]

Found a couple of the original NM state court documents.

The first has voluminous details-- some new, some posted in numerous media articles. This confirms that Abdul was taken off all his medications at the time he was taken from Georgia-- about 3-4 weeks before his death. This motion also confirms the polygamous relationship (term used by prosecutors) between Abdul's mother (Hakima Ramzi), Jany Leveille, and Siraj Wahhaj, and elaborates on JL's ideas about Abdul's conception and "theft" from her womb by HR. The 2 anecdotes in the Motion about the gas station mishap and the flat tire police encounter are also illuminating, as they chronicle the group's travel across state lines from GA to NM.

24 Aug 2018
State's Motion for Reconsideration and Supplemental Motion for Pre-Trial Detention/ No Bond Pursuant to Rule 5-409 (K)

Compound Motion

Copy of handwritten letter from Jany Leveille to her brother urging him to bring money and guns and join them as a martyr.

Compound Letter

http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/29...as-not-showing-new-mexico-terrorist-compound/

Wow. These people are nuts. Especially JL. I am conflicted on if I think she should be deported like yesterday or if she should be detained here. I certainly don’t want tax dollars spent on her trial and incarceration bc she seems like a terrible person, but I feel like the world is a safer place if she’s in jail.

 

[Elley Mae]

“The state and the nation have been disgusted by the incompetence displayed by the Taos District Attorney and I renew my call for his resignation,” Mr. Pearce said in a statement. On Saturday, Mr. Pearce called for Mr. Gallegos to resign immediately.

Donald Gallegos, Taos DA, let terror suspects to go free

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, Sept. 12th:
*Detention Hearing for all (Decision on bail) Federal Case (@ MT) – NM – 11 children (ages 1 to 15 found 8/3/18 in filthy NM compound) -
*Siraj Ibn Wahhaj (39), Maryam Jany Leveille (35) (wife of Siraj), Laqman Lucas Allen Morton (40), Subhannah Wahhaj (33) (wife of Morton) & Hujrah Wahhaj (38) arrested (8/31/18) by FBI charged Leveille, a Haitian national, with being in the United States illegally and unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition from November 2017 through August 2018. The other four defendants are charged with aiding and abetting Leveille and conspiring with her to commit the offense. (Violating federal firearms & conspiracy laws).
All five defendants appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on Sept. 4. & 5th
9/5/18 Update: A judge has pushed back a detention hearing for five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico who are facing federal firearms-related charges.
Wednesday's decision came after public defenders requested more time to prepare. The defendants will remain in custody pending the Sept. 12 hearing.

 

[Niner]

Judge orders compound suspects remain in federal custody | Tulsa's 24-Hour News, Weather and Traffic

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered five former residents of a ramshackle New Mexico compound to remain jailed amid accusations that a woman in the group declared herself a prophet while her partner helped train children for potential attacks on schools, law enforcement agencies and other institutions.

And of course they don't give the next court date. I'll have to go over to the court site - and see.