Posted on 12/07/2018 6:39:33 PM PST by RightGeek
The professional baseball players who were killed in a car crash in Venezuela on Thursday actually rolled their car in a highway robbery gone wrong, according to officials and new reports.
Former major league players Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo died when the car overturned while trying to avoid a rock placed in their path by roadside bandits, while two other teammates, Carlos Rivero and Raúl Álvarez, survived with injuries, El Nuevo Herald reports.
The thieves then stripped the players of their belongings, according to the paper.
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Placing rocks in the road to force motorists to stop is a common trick used by bandits in Venezuela, according to El Nuevo Herald.
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Socialism is awesome.
...She'll give you the answer that you'll endorse,...
Anyone with more than $10 in their pocket is going to be a target in Chavez-land
Venezuela been belly belly bad to me.
This is a surprise in a country where hungry people have been eating zoo animals...giraffes,etc?
That’s like a billion dollars in the local currency.
Wiiilllburr...give me some hay.
Wow! If that report is true, what a disgusting incident.
Poster child for ethics charges
What I don’t get is the people who are in anyway shocked or surprised by this. It’s a third-world shithole country. That’s what they do.
#1. Ms. Cortex, re the photo, is trying to win the “Mr. Ed Look-Alike Contest” prize of a free trip, one-way, to Tijuana, Mexico. Something about it being too cold in NYC and DC.
When God gave out brains, she was watching reruns of old
8 hour long Fidel Castro speeches.
That would explain a lot.
Why would anyone visit Venezuela, even if you had family.
You’ve gotta admit, she has a nice set of biters!
Socialism been belly belly bad to Chico.
Face like a horse. In fact, I’ve seen better looking horses.
more like a horses ass
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