Texas-born plot involved terrorists teaming up with cartel

Let's take a look at some of the notable and ridiculous. less A former used-car salesman from Corpus Christ was sentenced to 25 years in May 2013. Why? Prosecutors accused him of being involved in a failed cartel-Iranian conspiracy to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador by bombing a Washington restaurant. Nefarious plots like this one are common in both fiction and real life. A former used-car salesman from Corpus Christ was sentenced to 25 years in May 2013. Why? Prosecutors accused him of being involved in a failed cartel-Iranian conspiracy to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ... more Photo: Elizabeth Williams, Associated Press Photo: Elizabeth Williams, Associated Press Image 1 of / 27 Caption Close Texas-born plot involved terrorists teaming up with cartel 1 / 27 Back to Gallery

Tom Clancy novels and spy films don't hold a monopoly on crazy plots and schemes, as reality here in Texas shows.

Back in May 2013, an Iranian-born car salesman in Corpus Christi was involved in an assassination plot against a Saudi Arabian ambassador, the Houston Chronicle's Dane Schiller reports.

Worse, said assassination plot was apparently a team operation. DEA agents and the FBI learned it was the first known instance of Middle Eastern terrorists and Mexican drug cartels working together to kill or maim people on American soil.

You can read that full story and more pictures from that trial on HoustonChronicle.com. See more crazy plots and schemes in the gallery above.