Posted on 09/02/2006 8:31:31 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
La Paz, Sep 2 (EFE).- At least eight are missing including five military men and three civilians in the shipwreck of a Bolivian navy (FNB) vessel on the Paraguay River along the Brazilian border, a military official reported Saturday.
The Bolivian river craft en route from Puerto Suarez to Puerto Busch sank late Friday night in the Albuquerque area in Brazilian territory, Capt. Reynaldo Pinola, spokesman for the FNB, told EFE.
With 22 people on board, the ship was carrying the replacement crew and provisions for the forward military post at Puerto Busch, in the extreme southeast of Bolivian territory in the tri-border region it shares with Brazil and Paraguay.
Several ships of the Bolivia's Fifth Naval District and of the Brazilian fleet as well as firefighters from Corumba headed out to the area before dawn in search of survivors.
The missing civilians are two business owners and the ship's cook, as well as a captain, a second lieutenant, a sergeant and two soldiers, the navy spokesman said. EFE jcz/cd
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OOOPS!...
Coincidence? I think not!
Zackly! It's all falling into place!
Ay, yi! Do you mean to say: It's BUSCH's fault???!!!
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