Mexico's government human rights commission says it has opened an investigation into complaints that a Venezuelan official was stopped by Mexican authorities and questioned at a Mexican airport Saturday while travelling on official business.
The rights commission said Sunday the complaint was opened based on "probable offensive treatment" of Tarek William Saab, Venezuela's top human rights official.
The commission said Saab had been allowed to continue on to his final destination.
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.
Neither Interpol nor the Mexican foreign ministry had any immediate comment. U.S. Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said the department had no comment.
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