Boston Marathon Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Was Setup & Controlled By The FBI Says Mother

Boston Marathon Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Was Setup & Controlled By The FBI Says Mother

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva maintains her younger son is innocent and like so many of the brothers' acquaintances, claims they were good, courteous kids and model students -- especially the younger 19-year-old Dzhokhar. A US citizen who is presently in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, she revealed to RT some suspicions of her own.

Grief-stricken at the latest developments in the case, Zubeidat expressed her dismay at the allegations, recounting Dzhokhar's life in the US and talking of his status among his peers and friends: he was an honors student, loved by many of his friends and teachers. And his older brother Tamerlan was a star athlete and student, whose ambition was to one day appear on the US Olympic wrestling team.

But her biggest suspicion surrounding the case was the constant FBI surveillance she said her family was subjected to over the years. She is surprised that having been so stringent with the entire family, the FBI had no idea the sons were supposedly planning a terrorist act.

"They used to come [to our] home, they used to talk to me...they were telling me that he [the older, 26-y/o Tamerlan] was really an extremist leader and that they were afraid of him. They told me whatever information he is getting, he gets from these extremist sites... they were controlling him, they were controlling his every step...and now they say that this is a terrorist act! Never ever is this true, my sons are innocent!"

When asked if maybe she didn't know about some of her sons' more secret aspirations and dark secrets, she said "That's impossible. My sons would never keep a secret."

Finally, she said that if she could speak to her youngest -- Dzhokhar, she would tell him, "Save your life and tell the truth, that you haven't done anything, that this is a set up!"