adminSaadi Gaddafi has been under house arrest in the West African state of Niger since he fled Libya in September.
A spokeswoman for the Mexican government said Saadi Gaddafi and some members of his family were stopped as a result of intelligence reports.
Several people have been arrested.
Mexican officials said the plot — uncovered on 6 September — involved false names and documents.
Mexican Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire said the plan involved a criminal ring “of international dimensions,” but it was uncovered in September before it could be carried out.
The ring involved people from several different countries, including Mexico, Denmark and Canada, Mr Poire told a news conference in Mexico City.
They were buying safe houses and opening bank accounts, he said.
On 14 September — eight days after the Mexican plot was uncovered — Niger said Saadi Gaddafi (38), arrived in the capital, Niamey.
He was reported to have been flown in on a military transport plane from the town of Agadez in the north of the country.
On 29 September, Interpol issued a “red notice” for the arrest of Saadi Gaddafi, requiring member states to arrest him if he was on their territory.
The international police agency says he is wanted on allegations of misappropriating properties through force and armed intimidation when he headed the Libyan Football Federation.
Saadi Gaddafi, who used to play football in Italy’s Serie A, is also subject to a travel ban and asset freeze under a UN Security Council resolution passed earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Libya’s new leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil will go to Algeria this month in a bid to improve ties between the two North African oil producers following the overthrow of Gaddafi, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said yesterday.
Speaking to French lawmakers in Paris, Medelci said Libya and Algeria had no choice but to work more closely together.
“I confirm that President Abdel Jalil will be in Algeria very soon, probably by the end of the year,” Medelci said during a hearing at France’s parliamentary foreign affairs committee.
“Our contacts before this visit have been extremely encouraging. We don’t have any other choice but to work together,” he said.
Libya’s new rulers accused Algeria of being on Gaddafi’s side during the revolution, although Algiers says it was observing strict neutrality and complying with UN sanctions.
Algeria’s most pressing worry has been that Libya’s new rulers might be less able or inclined than Gaddafi to rein in al Qaeda’s North African wing, and thus undermine its own efforts to fight Islamic militancy.
Western countries are also desperate for the neighbours to cooperate to prevent vast quantities of weapons and explosives that Libya’s revolution has put into circulation ending up in the hands of al Qaeda.
In August, Algeria infuriated Libya’s anti-Gaddafi National Transitional Council by giving humanitarian refuge to Gaddafi’s wife, daughter and sons Hannibal and Mohammed. — AFP.
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