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Top Venezuela official slams US hostility after airport stop
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/04/top-venezuela-official-slams-us-hostility-after-airport-stop/CARACAS, Venezuela – A top Venezuelan official railed against the United States after being stopped at a Mexican airport Saturday while traveling on official business.
Venezuelan ombudsman Tarek William Saab said he had been questioned by officials acting on a request from the U.S. when he arrived at a Mexico City airport on his way to a conference on human rights.
Saab said officials informed him that Interpol had issued an alert at the request of the U.S. that asked Mexican authorities to question him about the reason for his visit and the length of his stay. He did not say on what grounds he had been targeted.
"I consider this totally offensive," he said in an interview broadcast on state television. "This alert was designed to provoke and inconvenience a Venezuelan official."
