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Canoe-Bomb Kills 1 Colombian Marine, Hurts 2
September 4th, 2004One Colombian Marine Dead & Two Wounded After An Explosion In Puerto InÃrida (GuainÃa) According to the Colombian Navy the act was perpetrated by a canoe loaded with around fifty kilos (110 pounds) of explosives. The leadership of the Colombian Navy stated that on Friday morning at 6:30 a Marine checkpoint was performing a search on the InÃrida River in Puerto InÃrida (GuainÃa) when a canoe exploded. The canoe, a small rustic craft that went by unnoticed (with a length of fifteen meters) contained fifty kilos of homemade explosives. The dead Marine was identified as William Villalba Triana. The canoe was heading toward the floating river station that the Marines have on the river. At this time the Commandant of the River Brigade, Overseer Medardo MartÃnez, is in the area inspecting the damage. For now the Navy has named the F.A.R.C. as the authors of the attack since it is the only armed group that has influence in this area. Via El Tiempo translated especially for Rantburg by Kentucky Beef Posted by: Kentucky Beef 2004-09-05 |
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