An esteemed physics professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is sitting in a jail in Argentina as he fights charges he tried to smuggle drugs out of the country, relatives and U.S. State Department officials said.
Paul Frampton, 68, of Chapel Hill, N.C., was arrested in Buenos Aires on Jan. 23. He is currently being held at Devoto Prison and U.S. consular officers have visited the British-born particle phenomenologist twice since his arrest and have provided appropriate assistance, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told FoxNews.com on Tuesday. Full Article Nutty News
