{"id":11344,"date":"2015-04-20T15:11:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T22:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=11344"},"modified":"2015-04-20T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T22:12:15","slug":"new-york-man-sentenced-to-25-years-for-trying-to-join-al-qaeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=11344","title":{"rendered":"New York Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Trying to Join Al Qaeda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BROOKLYN-FEDERAL-COURT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7364\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BROOKLYN-FEDERAL-COURT-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"BROOKLYN-FEDERAL-COURT\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>NEW YORK<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; A man from Long Island was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday for trying to join Al Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>He planned to travel to Yemen, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcos Alonso Zea<\/strong>, also known as \u201cAli Zea,\u201d an American citizen and resident of Brentwood, New York, was sentenced following his Sept. 9, guilty plea to attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, also known as Ansar al-Sharia, and obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMarcos Alonso Zea presents a chilling reminder of the danger presented to the United States by homegrown terrorists,\u201d said<strong> U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch <\/strong>today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBorn, raised and schooled in the United States, the defendant nevertheless betrayed his country by attempting to join al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, assisting a co-conspirator\u2019s attempt to join that terrorist group, and, after learning he was under investigation, attempting to destroy evidence of his guilt.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Here are the facts surround this case, according to authorities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beginning in the fall of 2011, Zea planned to travel overseas in order to wage violent jihad against the perceived enemies of Islam, which included the government of Yemen and its allies.<\/li>\n<li>In furtherance of his plot, on Jan. 4, 2012, Zea boarded a flight at John F. 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