Court Case

US v. Colon

April 2017
Lindenwold, NJ
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

[DNJ] Santos Colon, Jr., of Lindenwold, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Colon, a U.S. citizen, admitted that he devised a plan to conduct an attack during the September 2015 papal visit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The plot involved utilizing a sniper to shoot the Pope during his Papal mass and setting off explosive devices in the surrounding areas.

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