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U.S. seniors in Costa Rica repel muggers; 2 flee, 1 killed Friday, February 23, 2007 Associated Press San Jose, Costa Rica -- A tour bus of U.S. senior citizens defended themselves against a group of suspected muggers, sending two of them fleeing and killing a third in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said Thursday. One of the tourists -- a retired member of the U.S. military about 70 years old -- put Warner Segura in a head lock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up the tour bus Wednesday, said Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose. The two other men fled when the 12 senior citizens started defending themselves. The tourists then drove Segura to the Red Cross, where the man was declared dead. The Red Cross also treated one of the tourists for an anxiety attack, Hernandez said. The tourists left on their Carnival cruise after the incident and Hernandez said authorities do not plan to press any charges against them, saying they acted in self-defense. "They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," Hernandez said. Hernandez said Segura had previous charges against him for assaults. In a media statement, Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines said the Wednesday incident occurred during an outing at a Limon beach that a dozen passengers had arranged on their own. "According to witnesses, while sightseeing at a local beach, the group of guests were approached by three assailants, one of whom was armed," the statement said. "The victims struggled with the armed perpetrator, and were able to disarm him. During this process, the gunman's two accomplices fled the scene. In the course of disarming and restraining the assailant, he died from apparent asphyxiation," the statement said. © 2007 The Plain Dealer © 2007 cleveland.com All Rights Reserved. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups - Join or create groups, clubs, forums & communities. is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
