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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Canoe-Bomb Kills 1 Colombian Marine, Hurts 2 |
| 2004-09-05 |
| September 4th, 2004 One Colombian Marine Dead & Two Wounded After An Explosion In Puerto InÃÂrida (GuainÃÂa) 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 InÃÂrida River in Puerto InÃÂrida (GuainÃÂa) 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 MartÃÂnez, 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 |
| #4 Give them points for imagination.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-09-05 9:10:03 PM |
| #3 It may have been that austrailian idiot in the canoe thinking he was on the Potomic River. |
| Posted by: SCpatriot 2004-09-05 9:00:26 PM |
| #2 Likely a rogue Mohawk. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-05 6:52:36 PM |
| #1 canoes, why do they hate us (somebody had to say it...) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-05 6:38:19 PM |