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Costa Rica: Muslim arrested for plotting jihad terror attack at Ariana Grande concert

Jul 10, 2017 4:26 pm By Robert Spencer

The establishment media and governing authorities all over the world do all they can to deny and downplay the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat, so one has to read the tea leaves in order to understand what is going on.

“The suspect, with the last names Caicedo Lopez, a 22-year-old from Colombia, was held in a 6am raid on his flat in Tibas, near the capital San Jose, yesterday.”

Why was his surname revealed but his first name kept secret?

“The director of the OIJ, Walter Espinoza, said: ‘The original threat was in the Arabic language and indicated that there could be a situation of danger or an attack at the concert. It was a very sensitive situation.'”

The threat being in the Arabic language indicates that Caicedo Lopez is likely a convert to Islam, and that he was plotting a second jihad massacre at an Ariana Grande concert.

“Costa Rican police arrest Colombian man, 22, ‘planning a terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert after he sent organisers threatening messages in Arabic,'” by Gerard Couzens, Mailonline, July 10, 2017:

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of planning a terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Costa Rica.

Detectives launched a manhunt on Saturday after threatening messages were posted in Arabic on a webpage of the concert organisers.

The suspect, with the last names Caicedo Lopez, a 22-year-old from Colombia, was held in a 6am raid on his flat in Tibas, near the capital San Jose, yesterday….

On May 22 a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured 119 more at a concert by the American singer in Manchester, and Costa Rican police feared a copycat attack was being planned.

The manhunt was lead by the Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ) and the raid was carried out by its Special Tactical Response Unit.

The director of the OIJ, Walter Espinoza, said: ‘The original threat was in the Arabic language and indicated that there could be a situation of danger or an attack at the concert. It was a very sensitive situation.’…

Caicedo Lopez was described as having no police record in Costa Rica. After being arrested he was handed over to state prosecutors.

Ariana Grande, 23, later performed for 14,000 fans as planned at the Parque Viva….

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  1. Veka Fitzfrancis says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 4:34 pm

    Where have we heard this before… And yet the open borders fools would have you believe this is the exception to the rule.

  2. infidel numero uno says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 4:35 pm

    One cannot trust the heathen sons-of-bitches anytime/anywhere. Their death icult should be eradicated from the face of the Earth.

  3. infidel numero uno says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 4:38 pm

    One cannot trust the heathen sons-of-bitches anytime/anywhere. Their death cult should be eradicated from the face of the Earth.

  4. infidel numero uno says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 4:42 pm

    Apologies for double entry

    • Jerry says

      Jul 11, 2017 at 8:38 am

      No harm done, it was worth repeating. 😉

  5. marina says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 5:10 pm

    Why Costa Rica? Is there no place on earth which is free from these Islamic filth!!

  6. gravenimage says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 5:44 pm

    Costa Rica: Muslim arrested for plotting jihad terror attack at Ariana Grande concert
    ……………………..

    Plotting death and destruction all over the world…

  7. Jaladhi says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 5:47 pm

    I thought Costa Rica was a safe place to visit but these criminals are everywhere! Until they convert this planet into an Islamic hell hole they won’t rest!1

  8. John A. Marre says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    Do they ever do anything useful with their lives? They spend their waking hours thinking of ways to kill human beings. Their subhuman ideology needs to be eliminated.

    • Stan Lee says

      Jul 10, 2017 at 8:34 pm

      Your question is one of so much importance that it cannot be asked often enough! The lice are infiltrating everywhere, assuming Latino names, doing whatever they can to position themselves for causing the most death and destruction. Who and what sustains them as they seek to spread their terror, which they consider noble in the pursuit of Islamic conquest. They must engage in scheming for conquest by breaking down the will of non-Muslims who, to them are “unbelievers” though they may adhere to any of the religions other than Islam. The difference is that among the faiths other than Islam, there are none which direct persecution and death to Islam. But, the time could be approaching that Islam will no longer be regarded as worthy of civilization, its followers who obey its directives which spread pain and death with no further thought and certainly without conscience will learn that an action on their parts begets an unexpected reaction.

      • Nabi says

        Jul 10, 2017 at 9:24 pm

        Seems more likely everybody will, under threat of their own political system, gradually capitulate.

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 11, 2017 at 7:54 pm

          Some of us refuse to submit.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Jul 11, 2017 at 3:05 am

      “It has nothing of value to bring”.
      Pat Condell

  9. notmoron says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 6:24 pm

    In Latin America there are a lot of Islamic filth. They’re so called “Palestinians”

    I met some of these skunks in Cuba

    • Terry says

      Jul 10, 2017 at 6:48 pm

      There are (or at least were) Cuban soldiers etc fighting with Assad against everybody except Hezbollah and the Iranians-in my view, the true terrorists.

      Slime (Castro) sticks with slime (Assad- and in reality, virtually all if not all of the factions in Syria, -US & Israel- where they are merely doing self defensive operations- excluded). My views.

  10. Terry says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 6:49 pm

    If you don’t like the singer, and his or her views- do what I do–DON’T EFFING GO TO THE CONCERT.

    Wait, that would require thinking and acting like a human.

    Sorry, Muslims are incapable of that.

  11. Lydia says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Yes, ‘reading the tea leaves’ in a spiritually inspired sense does reveal much insight. The Holy Spirit truly does open one’s eyes to what is going on all around, things right in front of you that you would never even notice and they keep these things ‘hidden in plain sight,’ as the joke is on the ignorant masses.
    It’s a real ‘eye opener’! They keep most asleep on sports and other entertainment and things to dumb down the populace. The result is some people observe some symptoms of the problem but are clueless regarding the big picture, puppet strings, puppet masters, and puzzle pieces. And that’s just how they like it.

  12. Nabi says

    Jul 10, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    The great weakness of the civilised majority seems to be that as well as being unorganised they obey the law and so are easily herded along when government goes off the tracks. They also have the most to lose so are hesitant even when athe necessity for revolt becomes clear.

  13. Eric says

    Jul 11, 2017 at 10:08 am

    Mohammad said to strike terror in the hearts of the nonbelivers where ever you find them. What better targets than young teen age girls who would come to an Ariana Grande concert. What cowards to go after the most vulnerable. Yes. This is Islam.

    Eric

  14. davej says

    Jul 11, 2017 at 12:20 pm

    Imagine waking every morning to the curse of hatred that their “beloved Prophet” has placed upon them. The reason they have accomplished so little is that they are completely preoccupied with their evil ideology, it’s duties, rules and bowing to “Allah” 5x a day. It has invaded their brains and converted them from humans into marauding, murderous zombies.

  15. mortimer says

    Jul 11, 2017 at 12:48 pm

    “Caicedo Lopez was described as having no police record in Costa Rica”

    Islamic terrorists prefer to use a ‘crime virgin’ with no police record so that the police will not suspect the individual before the planned attack.

  16. Giana Wayman says

    Jul 11, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    This is fortunately not a major event. 1)Releasing only the last names of someone arrested is normal here so means nothing. First names are released only after someone is convicted. 2)The comment was posted on the perfil of the Facebook page of Parque Viva, the location of the concert. It said that the event should not be held because of the possibility of something unfortunate happening. 3)The comment was in Arabic and I have no idea if he was a convert but he did not attend the Mosque and was not known to visit. He may have self converted and self radicalized but if so his grandparents knew nothing of it. Or maybe he just learned Arabic on his computer where he spent most of his time and studied many things. Unfortunately no comment has been made as the contents of his computer. 4)He lived in a house with his grandparents who are not Muslims. He came to C.R. as an 8 year old and has always lived with them. 5) His grandmother described him as very quiet, timed, did not work or study outside, styed at home, gave them no problems. She said that he put it there as a very bad joke not as an threat that he would do something. 6)Nothing was found that indicated any type of plans or capacity to carry out any attack. There were no arms or anything else suspicious. 7) He was released by the police the same day with a few minor requirements. 8)It is being considered if he should be deported.
    If he has converted to Islam he should be followed very carefully and deported. What was an innocent bad taste comment today could become a deadly action later.
    There are two mosque here and about 1,500 people who are muslims. Many of them are secular or only nominal muslims but all too many are not.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 11, 2017 at 7:58 pm

      Wanting to mass slaughter innocent people is “not a major event”?

      • Giana Wayman says

        Jul 11, 2017 at 10:18 pm

        He did not threaten to do anything himself and had nothing that could have been used to do anything. He did not post that he wanted to kill anyone. He just said that something bad might happen which is actually quite true for this or any major event. Jihadist like to “follow up” and this could have been a “follow up”. There is nothing come out that says he is a convert to Islam except that it was written in Arabic. I do hope that the police keep an eye on him and they will. So this was not a major event but there can be a “time bomb” person waiting to explode any place where there are any muslims. But generally as the world goes Costa Rica is a quite safe place for us to live. So far.

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 12, 2017 at 9:56 pm

          Not if more Muslims flood in. Threatening this concert is just the tip of the iceberg of Jihad threats.

  17. Guest says

    Jul 11, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    Here’s an interesting fact. Another celebraty (I don’t know who I don’t care about their personal lives) moved because a refugee camp opened near his home.

  18. Noel says

    Jul 11, 2017 at 11:26 pm

    It is not necessary to carry out an attack. The mere suggestion is enough to put fear in people’s minds. This is how our way of life is undermined. People are more fearful of attending a concert, demonstration or political rally.

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