Thread: September 11 suspect arrested by Mexico

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.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15 ... 01,00.html

Ok, what more proof do these idiots in DC need that terrorists are in Mexico, they are coming across the border and they are here!

I noticed this was from a foreign news source. Has anyone seen anything in the local press?

Originally Posted by ohflyingone

I noticed this was from a foreign news source. Has anyone seen anything in the local press?

I was thinking the same thing you were on what more proof do they need that they are in Mexico.

As of yet I have not seen it on any other news source.

Will somone answer my question please. Will USA employers, who are
looking for so-called cheap labor not be impacted by a terrorist bomb
like ordinary American citizens will be?

Originally Posted by ohflyingone

I noticed this was from a foreign news source. Has anyone seen anything in the local press?

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexi ... pture.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/ameri ... terror.ap/

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 722D42.DTL

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8310114/

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/cgi-bin/ ... 22148&fa=1

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php? ... 062205_911

It's all over the globe, just havent heard it on the news yet. I found 70 Stories on this.

Looks like someone made a mistake.


http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4732379

Mexico Blames U.S. for Terror Suspect Confusion

"PA"

The Mexican government today blamed the US for confusion leading to the detention of a Lebanese-born, British citizen falsely suspected of terrorist links.

President Vicente Fox’s spokesman Ruben Aguilar said US officials had dropped the man from alert lists but failed to tell Mexico.


Mexican agents detained Amer Haykel on Monday after US authorities provided information that he was linked to extremist groups tied to the September 11 attacks. They released him yesterday, saying he had done nothing wrong.

“The US will issue an explanation about this problem of a lack of communication, for having sent alert lists to Mexico on which this man’s name has not been erased,� Aguilar told a news conference.

He said Interior Secretary Carlos Abascal had brought up the matter with US Ambassador Tony Garza in a meeting yesterday.

Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said it had confirmed that Haykel “doesn’t represent any threat to national security, nor is he wanted by authorities in any country.�

Before his arrest, Haykel spent several days in the Baja California tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas, sleeping in a local fire station, according to those who met him. He told acquaintances he was a pilot who was wandering the world on a tight budget.