Originally from the province of Río Negro, Manuel Antu Carrera has a file in his name for alleged links to extremist violence in Syria and Iraq in Interpol files. He is also involved in a case in the Argentine federal justice system.
On April 11 last, Manuel Antu Carrera -35 years old, native of General Roca, Rio Negro- He arrived in the country from Brazil through the Paso de los Libre border crossings, province of Corrientes. The National Immigration Directorate warned that Antu Carrera was under an alert at the request of the federal Justice Department of Lomas de Zamora, for a case from 2017.
That wasn’t the only problem: The local Interpol area, in charge of the Federal Police, revealed that he was deported from Turkey on December 29 of that same year.since he is classified as an alleged terrorist fighter, with alleged relationships with radical groups in Syria and Iraq, a data that was confirmed by Rick Hernández, legal attaché of the FBI in Argentinawith a historical relationship with the national security forces and their political authorities.
“In the I-24/7 database of the General Secretariat of Interpol it is registered with “TSC” annotation for “terrorism-related crime” by Interpol United States,” says an official report accessed by Infobae.
With several addresses in Brazil, in points such as Londrina or Foz de Iguazú, Antu Carrera has an identity card from that country, which expires this year. He was originally supposed to be deported to our country, but having dual nationality, he ended up in Brazilian territory.
“This person is expelled because he tried to cross through a crossing from Türkiye to Syria where it is considered that passing through there is going to train in Syria. That’s why they didn’t let him pass and kicked him out,” says a high-ranking Argentine official. Infobae. Another report matches the source. The text states that he was detained in Antioch, Turkey, “for having attempted to illegally cross into Syria, presumably following the route of those seeking to join the Islamic State.” At the time of being deported, he stated that he was Muslim, without frequenting a mosque. He claimed that he had visited Türkiye “for tourist reasons.”
“In theory, the expulsion was to Argentina, but since he also has Brazilian nationality, he stayed in Brazil,” he continues.
The same source ended with a disturbing fact: “Last year he entered Argentina and left again.” The entry was registered at the Port of Buenos Aires on April 13, 2023.
At the time, Argentine authorities searched for him in Rio Negro, with negative results. There were also tasks to find it in Puerto Iguazú, province of Misiones. On this last occasion, Antu Carrera arrived in the country by bus, in a cell phone that he had left from Florianópolis.
