Abdirahman Ali Gaal

Report: Somali Man Arrested Sunday Not Linked To Terrorism Warning

Justin Elliott | June 2, 2010, 9:48AM

An Aeromexico plane in 2009

The Somali man arrested Sunday after the Mexico City-bound Aeromexico plane he was on was diverted to Montreal is not linked to a Homeland Security terrorism warning on the US-Mexico border, Newsweek reports.

NBC had reported Monday that Abdirahman Ali Gaal, who has resident status in the U.S., was the subject of a recent Homeland Security warning to Houston authorities to look out for a member of the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab. Gaal was arrested by Canadian police Sunday after the U.S. reportedly blocked the Aeromexico flight, which took off from Paris, from entering U.S. airspace. He was reportedly on a no-fly list.

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