Los Zetas worked with Lebanese man linked to Hezbollah, says US
Snips: The Los Zetas drug cartel has for years collaborated with a Lebanese man who has ties to the militant Middle East Shiite group Hezbollah, according to U.S. federal authorities.
A Hezbollah-Zetas link could have far-reaching political implications for Mexico, the United States and Iran, analysts said. Such a connection could signal the beginnings of increased influence in Latin America by Iran, a Shiite nation that reportedly is seeking the capability to build nuclear weapons.
Joumaa is not believed to be in custody, and his exact whereabouts are unknown. The New York Times said it called him in Beirut but did not reach him.
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The Father Of A Polonium-Poisoned Kremlin Critic Has Denounced His Dead Son As a ‘British Spy’
MALMO, Sweden — The father of Alexander Litvinenko, the renegade Russian intelligence officer who died in 2006 after imbibing a massive dose of radioactive polonium, has denounced his son as a “traitor” and said he no longer blamed the Russian authorities for his death.
Valter Litvinenko, who has vociferously attacked Russia’s FSB intelligence service for his son’s murder, said he no longer blamed them.
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