NATION IN BRIEF : ALABAMA : 60 Illegal Chinese Aliens in Custody

Federal agents took 60 illegal Chinese aliens into custody in southern Alabama and announced the arrest of the alleged ringleader of a smuggling operation that planned to bring 35,000 more into the United States. Officials from the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Customs Service said the aliens were caught as they arrived by plane from Panama in Fairhope, Ala. The ring planned to bring in Chinese nationals from Panama and Bolivia in an operation believed to be run by persons linked to former Panamanian dictator Manuel A. Noriega.