Posted on 02/23/2007 5:19:20 AM PST by Muzzle_em
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica An American senior citizen killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands, and his traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended of two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said.
A retired member of the U.S. military aged about 70 put suspect 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 their tour bus, Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose, said Thursday. Segura was later declared dead, apparently from asphyxiation.
The two other men fled when the 12 senior citizens started defending themselves during the Wednesday attack. Afterward, the tourists drove Segura to the Red Cross where he 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 ship after the incident and Hernandez said authorities do not plan to press any charges against them.
"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," he said.
Hernandez said Segura had previous charges against him for assaults.
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No extradition treaty with the U.S.?
Do you pay to use it?
Used to call 'em "Bermeuder shorts"; you know- the ones with the grey, wheat, white, and black plaid.
I hope Chavez and the other South Americans take note.... Our 70 YEAR OLDS CAN KICK YOUR A$$ES....choke you out and kill you.... bwahahahahahahaha.....70 year old!!!!!
and you asshats want to screw around with our military that has men between the ages of 18 and 35 in the prime of life, full of piss and vinegar.
Hey Chavez, buy some more subs.... that way the sharks can eat you dead.
I love the new term that the media and the libs have found... "asymmetrical warfare".... well the 70 year old had an asymmetrical choke hold on a punk a## b#tch and killed him. take that as a warning. bwahahahahahahahahahahaa
Wow! a lot of seniors are killing yoots!
LOL. Do you really have a difficult time with the adjective "retired" modifying "US Tourist".
Please explain your grammatical issues with this construction, as it seems very clear to me.
I can't wait to see if the MSM spins this as "Evil senior American GI terminates poor panhandler...."
He's had a little heart trouble and is fighting cancer right now, but I think he could still clean somebody's clock (with the aid of his trust Parker 16 ga. double shotgun, preferably. I don't want him to strain himself.)
Don't dare cut the AARP discounts for that guy!
"Just how BIG a senior coffee would ya like?"
Lol!
Tourist guy gets around!
What do you expect from a guy who "surfed the crash" of the towers on 9-11, even had the photo to prove it!
lol.
A wonderful story. I was in Puerto Limon years ago, a rather seedy place, but it produces a rarity: cashew wine.
Sure, do you think they want to jeopardize that cruise ship port stop? I'm sure if it were someplace other than that they would put the old man in jail
Bravo for the senior citizen!
This is the amazing ending to this story, that the Costa Rican authorities quickly released him and the other passengers after determining that they had acted accordingly. Visualize this NOT happening just about every where else on the planet....
This was a DISPROPORTIONAL response by the evil, imperialist American military. Waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
He should have TALKED to the assailiants. Diplomacy, not force, is the answer!
[Back to my bong.]
LOL! It was in my head, just didn't describe the entire outfit!! :) Let's not forget to envision the straps that hold up the socks...
Prayers for his beating the cancer in his cool outfit!
I forgot about his little billed driver's cap . . . and he wears penny loafers in the winter time, not sandals. Still the thin black "Air Force socks" though.
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