Arizona ( Indian Rez " Mexico Fires shots at Agents " on T. O. Rez ) Real Story ?

"A Mexican law enforcement helicopter crossed approximately 100 yards (100 meters) north into Arizona nearly 8 miles (13 km) southwest of the Village of San Miguel," U.S. border officials in Tucson said. "The incident is currently under investigation." A spokesman for Mexico's federal prosecutor said the incident had "apparently involved an army helicopter" but declined to elaborate. Mexican army officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Shawn Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents some 17,000 border agents, said the shots were fired at a Border Patrol vehicle.

Arizona ( Indian "Rez " Shots fired " by Mexican Army helicopter on Tohono O'odham Rez ) ?

 

U.S. authorities are investigating two shots that were fired from a Mexican helicopter when it crossed the border into Arizona, although no injuries or damage to U.S. property were reported, the U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in a statement, said the incident took place early on Thursday at the Tohono O'odham Indian Nation reservation in southern Arizona.

"A Mexican law enforcement helicopter crossed approximately 100 yards north into Arizona nearly eight miles southwest of the Village of San Miguel," U.S. border officials in Tucson said.

"The incident is currently under investigation," they added.

A spokesman for Mexico's federal prosecutor said the incident had "apparently involved an army helicopter," but declined to elaborate. Mexican army officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

India ( Tiger " snatched a man off a fishing boat " )

KOLKATA, India (AP) — A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man's son said Friday.

The attack happened Thursday as Sushil Manjhi and his son and daughter were crab fishing in a stream in the Sunderbans National Park. The tiger leaped aboard the boat and clamped its jaws on Manjhi's neck, said Sushil's son, Jyotish.

The tiger "quickly flung my father on his back and gave a giant leap before disappearing into the forest," Jyotish said by telephone from his village of Lahiripur in West Bengal state. He said he and his sister tried to beat the animal with sticks and a knife, but the thrashing had no effect. His father was dragged away and was presumed dead.

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LIMA ( Nine Die in Boat Collision in Peru )

LIMA – At least nine people died and another three were injured Tuesday after two fishing boats crashed into each other off the coast of the Peruvian port of Pisco, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Lima.

The accident occurred at 1:00 a.m. when the vessels Tasa 147 and Marisol II collided for reasons as yet undetermined, 3 miles north of the Chincha Islands and 15 miles from the port, the navy said in a statement.

The collision caused the Marisol II to capsize with a crew of 15 aboard, of whom three have been rescued alive and nine were drowned.

The harbor master’s office in Pisco immediately dispatched a speedboat to the scene of the accident together with coast guard personnel on ships near the place the shipwreck occurred.

Also sent to the area were three patrol boats, a helicopter with a rescue crew, and a Fokker aircraft with 12 expert divers.

An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the accident

LA PAZ ( Mob in Bolivia Burns Accused Murderer Alive )

LA PAZ – A 30-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a woman in the eastern province of Santa Cruz was seized by a mob and burned to death, Bolivian authorities said on Wednesday.

The lynching victim has been identified as Dario Ribero Maldonado, police Col. Octavio Gutierrez told reporters.

Police had sought him for questioning in connection with a May 25 rape-murder in Montero.

Ribero’s body, bound with barbed wire, was recovered Wednesday from a common grave, El Mundo newspaper said in its Web edition.

The accused killer was captured by vigilantes after his return to Montero on Monday.

The mob tortured Ribero before taking him to the cemetery, dumping him in the common grave and setting him on fire, according to the police report.

Montero residents delayed authorities’ efforts to recover the body and are refusing to cooperate with the investigation, police said.

People taking the law into their own hands is fairly common in rural Bolivia, especially in remote indigenous villages.

Bolivia’s 2009 constitution explicitly recognizes “community justice,” but officials have insisted repeatedly that the charter does not legalize lynching or vigilantism.

Anywhere from 10 to 20 people are killed by lynch mobs every year, Bolivian human rights organizations say