PHOENIX ( Drill- F-16s from the Tucson-based 162nd Fighter Wing plan to fly over Downtown Phoenix )

PHOENIX - Arizona Air National Guard F-16 fighters will be flying over downtown Phoenix Thursday as they practice intercepting hostile aircraft intent on a terrorist attack.
The F-16s from the Tucson-based 162nd Fighter Wing plan to run a series of interceptions from different approaches between 11:30 and 1 p.m.


Capt. Jason Gutierrez of the Air Guard says the fighters are from squadron's alert detachment, which provides a rapid reaction force over the region in case of an attack.
The Western Air Defense Sector exercises also involve a Lear Jet 35A business jet and Civil Air Patrol planes.
Similar exercises have been conducted since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

RIO DE JANEIRO ( Woman shot in mouth with harpoon by Husband - Police are looking into case )

RIO DE JANEIRO—A 28-year-old woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon, Brazilian officials said Wednesday.
The Rio de Janeiro State Health Department said in a statement that the woman's husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a harpoon that hit her cervical spine. Elisangela Borborema Rosa was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery after Monday's incident in the coastal city of Arraial do Cabo. The statement quotes neurosurgeon Allan da Costa as saying that the harpoon came within 1 centimeter (less than half an inch) of killing the woman. He said he expects a full recovery. A police officer in Arrial do Cabo said by telephone that officials are looking into the case. "Everything indicates it was an accident, but we are investigating. We don't think the husband tried to kill her," said the officer, who cited department policy in declining to let her name be used. "But once she fully recovers we will be able to question her and get a clearer picture of what happened."

MEXICO ( A woman was arrested while trying to smuggle eight undocumented minors into U.S )

Mexican Authorities Arrest Migrant-Trafficker

MEXICO CITY – A woman was arrested while trying to smuggle eight undocumented Honduran minors into the United States, Mexico’s INM immigration agency said Wednesday.

The suspect, Cristela Angelina Garcia Murillo, 45, was detained by INM agents as a result of spot-checks on buses in the northern border state of Chihuahua, the agency said in a statement.

Agents detected the minors as they traveled on two different buses headed toward the U.S. border.

The minors, ranging in age from 8 to 17, initially claimed to be traveling alone, but later identified Garcia Murillo as their guide and said relatives in Honduras had commissioned her to take them to the United States, the INM said.

Garcia Murillo took away their Honduran identifications and provided them with Mexican IDs, the minors told the agents.

The children said their parents were waiting for them in the United States.

Testimony from Honduran minors intercepted in previous operations indicates Garcia Murillo has been in the migrant-trafficking business since at least 2011, the INM said.

Steps are being taken to safely return the eight minors to Honduras, the agency said.

Every year, tens of thousands of Central Americans undertake the journey across Mexico to reach the United States. The trek is a dangerous one, with criminals and corrupt Mexican officials preying on the migrants.

Gangs kidnap, exploit and murder migrants, who are often targeted in extortion schemes, Mexican officials say. EFE

Shark Attack ( Honeymooner killed by shark with wife on beach )

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Honeymooner killed by shark with wife on beach

Victim is third surfer fatally attacked in past two years at Reunion Island

May 08, 2013 by Pete Thomas

 

A French surfer on his honeymoon was fatally attacked by a shark Wednesday at Reunion Island, while his wife was nearby on the beach.

Generic image shows surfer riding a wave at Reunion Island. Tiger shark image below, courtesy of Wikipedia, also is generic

The attack occurred at Brisants de Saint-Gilles, a popular surf spot on the west shore of the French-owned island. This marks the first fatal shark attack of the year on Reunion Island, but the third during the past two years.
Lifeguards pulled the 36-year-old surfer to shore after he was charged at least twice by the shark, but he had lost lots of blood and had gone into cardiac and respiratory arrest. He could not be revived.
Agence France-Presse is reporting that the unidentified surfer was bitten on the arm and thigh, and that his wife was being treated for shock.
Last summer two shark attacks, one of them resulting in a fatality, occurred just days apart at Reunion Island, which is located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar.
Sky News reports that after those attacks, surfers called for the closure of a vast marine reserve, which they blamed for an increase in shark encounters. Surfers were critical of the local government for not doing enough to protect swimmers and surfers.
Several studies are underway involving sharks in the area.
The honeymooning couple is from Morteau in eastern France. The species of shark implicated in Wednesday’s attack is not known

COLOMBIA News ( Fake Nuns arrested with- 35 thousand in cocaine- See photos ) Nuns taken to jail

 

San Andres police arrest fake nuns smuggling cocaine

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The arrested drug traffickers dressed as nuns (L) and as non-religious narcos

Police on the Colombian Caribbean island of San Andres arrested three fake nuns carrying $35 thousand worth of cocaine under their clothes.
The three suspects, Colombians aged 20, 32 and 37 were arrested at the airport of San Andres as they were trying to enter the island.
All three had hidden two kilos of cocaine under their religious habit.
“They weren’t really religious, they weren’t nuns. On the contrary, they were taking advantage of this situation,” San Andres police commissioner Jorge Gomez told RCN TV.
According to the police official, the drugs — 60,000 doses — had a street value of $35,470 and was likely to be distributed locally.
The fake nuns were taken to the local prison to await trial.

Iran News ( 24 yr old man gets 110 lashes in public - By state security Forces )

Iran: Young man lashed in public

 

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NCRI - The Iranian regime's henchmen have lashed publicly a 24-years-old man at midday Tuesday, in a small town in northern province of Qazvin after being paraded in humiliating manner in a nearby city.

The man received 110 lashes in the main square of the town of Ziaran in the province. The town has around 7,000 inhabitants.
The victim who was only identified with his initials M.S. also was paraded in a nearby city of Abyek before being lashed in public.
Degrading punishments are systematically used in Iran by the State Security Forces in order to embarrass and humiliate the youth in their neighborhood.

BOGOTA Colombia ( Nuns busted with cocaine strapped to their legs ) Fallen from grace

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The nuns' habits didn't seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to step aside when they arrived on the Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota.

Police Capt. Oscar Davila says the three women appeared nervous, and the fabric didn't look right.
The chief of the island's judicial police says more than four pounds of cocaine (two kilos) was strapped to the legs of each woman. Davila says all three broke into tears and launched into tales of financial hardship.
None of the three is a nun, and all were arrested early Saturday and jailed on drug trafficking charges

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/06/3383783/colombia-cops-fake-nuns-hid-cocaine.html#storylink=cpy