ISIS
United States v. Abdi Yemeni Hussein and 1 other
Status: Abdi Yemeni Hussein: Sentenced, January 23, 2025; Ahmed Mahad Mohamed: Sentenced, January 23, 2025
- District
- District of Arizona
- Docket number
- CR-19-2162-TUC-JGZ
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- August 7, 2024
Primary Sources
- Two Tucson Men Admit to Conspiring to Travel to the Middle East to Fight for Isis, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, August 7, 2024
- Two Tucson Men Sentenced for Conspiring to Travel to the Middle East to Fight for ISIS, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, January 23, 2025
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Abdi Yemeni Hussein
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, January 23, 2025)
- From the DOJ release:
Mohamed was sentenced to 132 months in prison and Hussein was sentenced to 96 months in prison, followed by lifetime terms of supervised release.
- Age
- 25 (per DOJ release of August 7, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- August 7, 2024
- Sentencing
- January 23, 2025
- Sentence
- 96 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release and removal from the United States to Somalia (DOJ, January 23, 2025)
Ahmed Mahad Mohamed
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, January 23, 2025)
- From the DOJ release:
Mohamed was sentenced to 132 months in prison and Hussein was sentenced to 96 months in prison, followed by lifetime terms of supervised release.
- Age
- 26 (per DOJ release of August 7, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- August 7, 2024
- Sentencing
- January 23, 2025
- Sentence
- 132 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release and removal from the United States to Somalia (DOJ, January 23, 2025)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Abdi Yemeni Hussein and 1 other," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-hussein-2024/