Not the first time. A lot of people with Middle Eastern ancestry in Latin America. Shakira and Selma Hayek among them. They’re referred to as Los Turcos. Basically refugees from the Ottoman Empire a century ago.
Yes, most were Lebanese Christians though, not Muslims. They are very prosperous - I think the richest man in the world is Mexican Carlos Slim and he is a Lebanese.
As the Ottoman empire was falling apart the Turks went crazy killing Christians. Los Turcos just meant they were form the Turkish empire not that they were actual ethnic Turks.