James Margolin, a spokesman for the F.B.I., said that the agents were executing a federal search warrant but that he would not elaborate on specifically what the raid was seeking because the affidavit in support of the warrant was sealed.
An affidavit filed to support the search warrant said the girl had been forced to have sex with several men in both places on Nov. 28 and cited pictures and videos as proof, according to The Houston Chronicle.
This was at the extreme end of the reaction people expected: a worrying sign that Darfur's civilians may again bear the brunt of the regime's wrath.The UN Security Council has to decide whether to support or defer the warrant for Mr Bashir.
An affidavit in support of sealing the warrant, signed by Carver County Chief Deputy Jason Kamerud, also warned that disclosing details in the warrant could cause "the search or related searches to be unsuccessful" and risk injury to innocent people.
An affidavit in support of sealing the warrant warned that disclosing details in the warrant could cause "the search or related searches to be unsuccessful" and risk injury to innocent people.
Those affidavits, which supported the search warrant authorizing the raids, alleged that shipments of Indian ebony and rosewood had been given false labels to circumvent import restrictions.
The affidavit filed by authorities supporting the arrest warrant for Ward showed that investigators had concluded the men were not telling the truth about what happened.
According to the newly unsealed parts of an affidavit supporting the arrest warrants for the teenagers, James J. Parker and Robert W. Tulloch, the police found two fingerprints on an object at the Zantops' house and matched them to Mr. Parker, 16.
