Saadi gaddafi Live Blog

Saadi Gaddafi, the deceased Libyan leader's third son, has denied allegations that he planned to escape to Mexico illegally under a false name back in September.

His lawyer said Saadi Gaddafi "vigorously denies" the plot, which was reported based on statements from the Mexican authorities.

Nick Kaufman, a defence lawyer, via email on Friday that his client fled Libya out of fear for his life, and that he is grateful to Niger, which has granted him asylum.

More on Saadi Gaddafi’s plan to go to Mexico from Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras in Mexico City:

             - An elaborate plan was hatched with help from a Canadian firm
             - Under a false name, the third son of the former (now deceased) Libyan leader was planning to travel to Mexico on a private airliner
             - After arriving in the Central American nation, he was to have travelled overland with his wife and children to live in a luxury coastal resort
             - Everything was set to go back in September, but appears to have been foiled by the Mexican authorities

Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi, has denied allegations of corruption and intimidation and has called Interpol's decision to put him on the equivalent of its most-wanted list as political, according to an email sent to the AP news agency. 

Saadi, has taken refuge in the west African nation, where he fled after Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces.

Saadi "regrets the issue of a red notice by Interpol and strenuously denies the charges made against him," an email forwarded to the AP news agency said.

In the email, Saadi called the Interpol notice a "clear political decision to recognize the de jure authority of the National Transitional Council taken without appropriate regard to the current absence of a functioning, effective and fair system of justice in Libya."

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Saadi Gaddafi and three of his generals are trying to gain political asylum in Niger, AP reports.

Marou Amadou, the government spokesman who is also the minister of justice, would not say whether they would be granted political refugee status, but suggested that returning them to Libya was not an option.

"These people have been received on humanitarian grounds. We didn't ask them to come here, and if they are here it's for humanitarian reasons ... It's my opinion that you can't chase away someone that is fleeing a war," he said.

Saadi was the commander of Libya's special forces during Muammar Gaddafi's rule.