Arab Times

Argentina calls off alert:

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Argentina said on Monday that there was no truth to a tip that fugitive Mexican drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was in hiding along its mountainou­s border with Chile, three days after a mystery call put the country’s forces on high alert.

President Cristina Fernandez’s government revealed on Friday it had received informatio­n that Guzman, the world’s most wanted drug trafficker, had sought to cross the Chilean/Argentine frontier in the southern region of Patagonia.

“We tracked down the call, found who made it,” Security Secretary Sergio Berni told radio station La Red. “After interrogat­ing him, a judge found there was no truth to the caller’s informatio­n.” (RTRS)

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