South American Airline issues alert on former Gitmo detainee

A South American airline is asking its employees to be on the lookout for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was resettled in Uruguay after being freed by US authorities. The alert about Syrian native Abu Wa'el Dhiab adds to a growing mystery about his whereabouts. Uruguayan authorities have insisted for weeks that he is visiting neighboring Brazil and that as a refugee he is entitled to leave Uruguay, but the Brazilian government has said there is no record of Dhiab entering the country. Danilo Alves, a spokesman for Avianca Airlines, said Monday that the alert was issued internally to employees, but declined to give any more details. The alert, published by the Argentine web news portal Infobae, warns employees that Dhiab may be using a fake passport. The image of the alert posted by Infobae says the information came from Brazil's anti-terrorism police. Belela Herrera, a former Uruguayan deputy foreign minister who is a human rights activist, said "this is crazy" to use the word terrorism in relation to Dhiab, who was never charged by US officials and cleared for release. She also questioned media interest in his whereabouts.<br/>