From Iran to Mexico (to Cuba?)

BY: THE HILL

Today, the Justice Department filed charges against two Iranian operatives for allegedly orchestrating a plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and other terrorist acts.

The plot was developed in Mexico, beginning in the Spring 2011. The Iranian operatives tried to enlist Mexican drug cartels to execute the plot for a $1.5 million fee.

Last month, Italy's Corriere della Sera reported that Hezbollah, the Iranian backed terrorist group, was moving its Latin American base of operations from Mexico to Cuba. The budget for Hezbollah's new operational "base" in Cuba was reported to be $1.5 million.

It's very possible that -- as events were unfolding in the Iranian plot and investigation -- leaked information was somehow morphed (and misconstrued) into the Corriere della Sera story.

Or maybe it's just a coincidence.