Mexican People Smuggler Admits Boston Terror Hoax
A “dirty bomb” alert in Boston last week was caused by a Mexican hoaxer trying to take revenge on Chinese immigrants who did not pay him for smuggling them across the U.S. border, Mexican prosecutors said on Wednesday.The tip about a purported bomb plot involving Chinese nationals, which surfaced days before the Jan. 20 U.S. presidential inauguration, spurred a manhunt for 14 people and had police using radiation sensors in Boston’s subway system. Baja California state prosecutors said the tip was made by People trafficker Jose Ernesto Beltran, who called a law enforcement agency in California while high on drink and drugs to warn that a group of Chinese migrants planned to launch an attack.Full Story