Posted on 02/22/2007 12:46:29 PM PST by avg_freeper
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica,
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One of the tourists -- a retired U.S. serviceman ... in his 70s -- allegedly put Warner Segura in a headlock and broke his clavicle
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"It was a group of 12 senior citizens from the United States who were going to spend a few hours in the area, but their tour bus entered a dangerous sector known as Cieneguita",
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The Over-The-Hill-Gang rides again.
Great story to tell the grandchildren.
That's his collarbone for those of you in Rio Linda. 8^)
One of the tourists -- a retired U.S. serviceman whom officials estimated was in his 70s -- allegedly put Warner Segura in a headlock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus Wednesday, said Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose.Unless it was a really brutal and traumatic fracture which puntucred something, I doubt the broken clavicle killed the attacker. Probably suffocated him, or broke his wind pipe or something like that.
...he tourists drove Segura to the local Red Cross branch, but he was declared dead, Hernandez said.
Either way, good on these senior citizens...they defended themselve and drove the attackers off, killing one.
Send that man to Iraq!
I've been to Costa Rica, beautiful place, the women are spectacular....but hold on to your wallets and passports. One of my friends even had his flip-flops stolen...each of my friends had something stolen but me. Lucky I guess, and I tend to be a bit paranoid, it does help!
That ended up being the guy who died.
Rush fan I see....
Yowza! A group of elderly American tourists against 3 Costa Rican youngbloods armed with gun and knife - and the seniors put up such a fight, one of the punks dies with a broken clavicle? Sure would like more detail!
Check this out, Dave. :o)
My wife and I plan on going in November.
"Costa Rican authorities said they did not plan to file charges against the tourists..."
Th reporter actually asked the Costa Ricans if they were planning to charge the victims!?
Sheesh.
I had to excerpt but there's a little bit more detail at the link.
I had to excerpt but there's a little bit more detail at the link.
(I meant to send this post to you but screwed up above in #14)
Not surprising. It is CNN, after all.
Not that the corpse is a loss to society, but how do you break someones clavicle with a headlock, never mind die from a broken clavicle?
...as to the other, I doubt the broken collarbone killed the perp...unless it was a very traumatic break where the bone ended up puncturing something else...an artery, lung, wind pipe, etc. Outside of that, the guy was probably either choked to death in the headlock, or had his wind pipe broken as well.
A proper question would've been to ask thr authorities if they were planning to pay the tourists bounty for cleaning up some local grabage.
Reminds me of the old Monty Python "Hells Grannies" sketch.
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