Reply #3: Terror Suspect Freed in Mexico (US forgot to take him off wanted list)

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"Cabo San Lucas - Mexico on Wednesday cleared a Lebanese-born, British citizen of wrongdoing, setting him free mere days after his arrest because of suspected links to September 11 terror groups.

Amer Haykel was detained in the western state of Baja California Sur on Monday, because United States authorities provided information that he was linked to extremist groups believed to be involved with terrorist attacks.

But in a statement released late on Wednesday night, Mexico's National Immigration Institute said it had confirmed that Haykel "doesn't represent any threat to national security, nor is wanted by authorities in any country."

Transferred to Mexico City after his arrest, the statement said Haykel's detention had come to an end, and Mexican newspapers and television stations reported he had been freed in the capital. "

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1725795,00.html

What this article tells you is that this guy was arrested because he was on the US authorities' wanted list of terrorist suspects. What it doesn't tell you (and I can't find one that does) is that the US had actually ruled him out as a potential terrorist some time ago, but forgot to take him off the list.......I heard this this morning on BBC Radio 4 news, but can't find a written source at the moment.

Personally, I'm surprised that they bothered to correct the mistake....wonder if they'd have done so if he'd been from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria etc. rather than the UK?