BOSTON -- The FBI said Sunday a Chinese suspect wanted for questioning in an alleged terror plot against the city of Boston has been in custody for [2+]months.
The agency also said there is no evidence the woman, named Mei Xia Dong, or any of the other 15 people being sought in the case, had terrorist connections.
The FBI posted the announcement on its Web site Saturday, saying the woman has been at a federal detention facility since November.
Investigators said she paid a human smuggler to gain entry to the United States, and came to this country only for economic reasons.
The match was made after the woman's name surfaced last week as part of an anonymous tip about a possible plot involving a "dirty bomb".
Authorities said they intend to keep looking for 12 other Chinese suspects, two unnamed Iraqis and one Hispanic man who may have been part of the same group.