From AP:
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico – A Lebanese-born man detained this week on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula is believed linked to extremist organizations with ties to the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Mexican prosecutors said.
Amer Haykel told acquaintances he was a pilot who was wandering the world on a tight budget. He seemed like “a straightforward person,” said Gabriel Garcia of the Cabo San Lucas fire station, where Haykel had sought shelter for several days.
Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office said late Tuesday that U.S. authorities linked the Lebanese-born British citizen “to extremist groups believed to be involved with the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in New York.”
It did not say if he faced any charges or if he was believed to be personally involved in any terrorist actions…
Haykel was arrested on Monday at the volunteer fire station of Todos Santos, a small town on the Pacific coast about 35 miles northwest of Cabo San Lucas that is known as a haven for U.S. expatriates…
Officials have long expressed concerns that terrorists might use Mexico or Central America to stage an attack on the United States…
Last week, Pakistani Arif Ali Durrani, 55, was arrested in the beach resort of Rosarito, across the border from San Diego.
A former U.S. resident, Durrani was handed over to U.S. officials, who charged him with illegally exporting parts used to cool fighter jet engines. Durrani has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Durrani served five years in prison for selling missile parts to Iran in the 1980s…