article_snippet.sent: (CNN)A group of six young Minnesota men conspired to sneak into Syria and join ISIS "by any means necessary," federal prosecutors said Monday.
article_snippet.sent: these defendants are focused men who are intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible.
article_snippet.sent: Recruiting for the ISIS terrorist network is a particular problem in Minnesota's community of Somali immigrants.
article_snippet.sent: Abdirahman Yasin Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21 plotted for 10 months, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota said.
article_snippet.sent: Even when Abdirahman Yasin Daud, 21, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21 co-conspirators were caught and charged, their co-conspirators continued to seek new and creative ways to leave Minnesota to fight for a terror group.
article_snippet.sent: The the FBI investigation has previously netted Abdullahi Yusuf, who has pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, and Hamza Ahmed, who has been indicted on charges of conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and is now pending trial, according to the criminal complaint.
highlights_snippet.sent: Six young Minnesotans conspired to sneak into Syria and join ISIS "by any means necessary," prosecutors say .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The men plotted for 10 months, the U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota says .