Suspected ‘dirty bomb’ tipster held, questioned
January 25, 2005 by Homeland Security NTARC News
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A man suspected of phoning in a bogus tip that Chinese chemists planned to detonate a “dirty bomb” in Boston was detained in Mexicali yesterday and questioned by U.S. and Mexican officials.
Jose Ernesto Beltran Quinones, whom the FBI had identified Friday as a person sought for questioning, was taken into custody by Mexican state judicial police, said Dan Dzwilewski, chief of the FBI office in San Diego.
