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Reuters. 29 April 2002. Venezuelan asylum seekers fly to U.S. via Bolivia. CARACAS -- Three retired Venezuelan military officers and family members who sought asylum in the Bolivian Embassy in Caracas after a short-lived coup against President Hugo Chavez have traveled via Bolivia to the United States, Bolivia's Foreign Minister said on Monday. Gustavo Fernandez told reporters in Caracas the group of 10 Venezuelans had flown at the weekend first to Santa Cruz in Bolivia and then on to the United States. Following the collapse of the coup that briefly deposed Chavez, who was restored by loyal troops April 14, the three anti-Chavez military officers and their families went to the Bolivian Embassy and asked for political asylum. They had remained there as "guests," while negotiations took place for their departure, Fernandez said. "Through their own free will, these persons asked to be allowed to leave to a third country, and my government agreed after consultations with the Venezuelan government and that country," the Bolivian foreign minister added. "They left on the night of Saturday to Sunday and yesterday morning they made the connection from Santa Cruz to the United States," he added. A U.S. Embassy spokesman [predictably enough] told Reuters he had no information about the 10 Venezuelans or under what status they had traveled from Bolivia to the United States. The group included retired Air Force Col. Pedro Vicente Soto Fuentes, his wife and three children, and another retired Air Force colonel, Silvino Jose Bustillos, accompanied by his spouse and two children. The other member was a retired National Guard captain Luis Garcia Morales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
