Mexican authorities have thwarted a plot in which Saadi Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was to be smuggled into the country, national media reported, quoting the country's interior minister.
Saadi Gaddafi and members of his family tried to enter Mexico last September, Alejandro Poire was quoted as saying during a news conference in Mexico City.
The 38-year-old Libyan businessman and football player fled Libya in September amid a NATO military operation against the Gaddafi regime. He was put on Interpol’s most-wanted list over allegations of corruption and intimidation dating from his time as head of the Libyan Football Federation.
Intelligence reports helped the Mexican authorities thwart the plot, which Poire said involved an “international criminal ring,” including two Mexicans, a Danish and a Canadian national, who were buying safe houses and opening bank accounts for the fugitives.
Mexican agents arrested several people in the operation, codenamed “Ghost,” said Poire.
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution imposing a travel ban on Saadi Gaddafi and freezing his foreign assets.
