September 11 suspect arrested
From correspondents in Mexico City
June 22, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
MEXICO has arrested Amer Haykel, a British man of Arab extraction sought by US authorities in connection with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US.

Haykel was arrested in Todo Santos, a town in the north-eastern Mexican state of Baja California, the office of Mexico's Attorney-General (PGR) said today.
"The PGR arrested ... Haykel, whom US authorities have linked to extremist groups presumably involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York," the office said in a statement.

Officials said Haykel was arrested at the Todo Santos fire department, following "investigative and intelligence work and exchange of information with the US Government".

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"The suspect, who was born in Beirut and speaks fluent Arabic, English, French and Spanish, was turned over to immigration authorities and taken to Mexico City to determine his legal status," the PGR statement said.

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