American Arrested in Bolivian Bombings

[not systems]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/03/22/international/i064346S54.DTL

(03-22) 08:32 PST LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) --

Bombs exploded inside two low-budget hotels in Bolivia's capital overnight, killing two people and wounding seven, police said Wednesday. An American was among those arrested.

The explosions occurred Tuesday night and early Wednesday in the historic city center. Police commander Oscar Nina said it was "a case typical of terrorist crime."

Two people — an American and a Uruguayan — were arrested early Wednesday in connection with the bombings, La Paz district attorney Jorge Gutierrez said.

Police planned a news conference later Wednesday to provide more details.

...



So it begin...

[formercia]

1. Contractor or Federal employee?

The Shadow knows..... :evilgrin:

[Julius Civitatus]

2. Black-ops? Contractors?

We definitely have a very dark and nasty history of meddling in Latin American countries (Chile, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, etc). And when we do it, apparently we break all rules of the game. We procalim democratic values and claim to defent liberty and rights, but when it coems to Latin America, we can just trash all those values and go medieval on their asses. No wonder they see us as such hypocrites. No wonder all of Latin America is now voting for governments bent of stopping the American bullying.

[Judi Lynn]

3. It's going to be very interesting finding out more about this.

I'm sure no one thought the _Bush-engineered coup on Hugo Chavez was the only filthy act we'd be witnessing from his administration during Latin America's struggle to reclaim its honor and self-,after decades of vicious manipulation by American right-wing Presidents.

We learned several years ago the Cuban right-wing idiot "exile" community, (many members previously working for the C.I.A.) in Miami had started hiring poverty-ridden Central American citizens to carry in bombs to plant in Cuban hotels, doing their dirty work for them. This seems very consistant with that behavior.

[malaise]

52. Yes indeed n/t

[htuttle]

4. His name didn't happen to be 'Hasenfus', did it?

[bemildred]

10. LOL.

:thumbsup:

Same thought I had.

[MrPrax]

12. Hey Your Joking...

but in all honesty, this could be a major world event story...

1) US caught in act of pure terrorism!!!!!

2) confirms pretty well what Chevaz, Morales et. al. have been saying all the long...

Hopefully they also found a REVISED copy of the CIA field manual as well...!!!

Non Pasaran!!!

[KansDem]

110. Man, do you realize what you're saying?!?!?

US caught in act of pure terrorism!!!!!

That means a foreign country could:
1) Require us to disarm and prove we don't have weapons of mass destruction;
2) Invade us in an act of preemptive war;
3) Overthrow our despotic ruler and hold him accountable in a court of law;
4) Kill our citizens with 2,000lb bombs;
5) Arrest our citizens and torture them;
6) Claim the need to "fight us here, so they won't have to fight us there"
7) Claim the need to be here for decades to come!

That would be horrible!!!!

Wait, number 3 doesn't sound so bad...

[Marie26]

120. We've already been caught doing worse

in Latin America. It's not making any headlines here.

[MrPrax]

5. American Arrested in Bolivian Bombings

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bombs exploded inside two low-budget hotels in Bolivia's capital overnight, killing two people and wounding seven, police said Wednesday. An American was among those arrested.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5703472,00.html

So far most of the stories are the AP story...
A little more detail here...


Two killed in Bolivia explosions

Police at the scene of one of the explosions in La Paz, Bolivia
Plastic explosives may have been used, police say Two people have been killed in an explosion in a hotel in Bolivia's main city, La Paz.

The blast, close to government headquarters, occurred late on Tuesday. Hours later, another hotel in the city was rocked by an explosion.

Several buildings were damaged and at least five people are known to have been injured in the two explosions.

...
Attorney General Jorge Gutierrez said a Uruguayan woman and an American man had been arrested at a hotel in El Alto, 12km (seven miles) outside La Paz.

The first explosion rocked the Linares hotel on Wednesday at 2150 local time (0150 GMT).

Local media say the fatal victims were a young couple. The man was killed instantly, and the woman died later in hospital.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4833100.stm

Edit to add Reuters...even more details...

"....La Paz prosecutor Jorge Gutierrez said the pair, apparently a Uruguayan and an American, were arrested in the early hours of the morning in the city of El Alto, which borders La Paz, soon after the second blast.

"Both were carrying cartridges of dynamite and detonators. The woman is Uruguayan and the man says he is from the United States. We are gathering information from immigration to establish when they entered the country," he told reporters...."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2286150.htm

They got pix...in a slideshow

IF they do turn out to be American spies caught redhanded (and not some organzied crime thing)...it could go very big in Latin America, very quickly...possible headline

We Caught Mr. Danger's henchman

[Judi Lynn]

6. Two killed in Bolivia explosions

Last Updated: Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 13:27 GMT

Two killed in Bolivia explosions
Two die in Bolivia hotel bombings
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Posted: 1418 GMT (2218 HKT)




A woman walks past debris from a bombing at Riosinio hotel in La Paz, Bolivia, on Wednesday.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) -- Bomb blasts rocked two small hotels in the center of the Bolivian city of La Paz, killing two people, and officials said on Wednesday they had arrested two foreign suspects.

La Paz prosecutor Jorge Gutierrez said the pair, apparently a Uruguayan and an American, were arrested in the early hours of the morning in the city of El Alto, which borders La Paz, soon after the second blast.

"Both were carrying cartridges of dynamite and detonators. The woman is Uruguayan and the man says he is from the United States. We are gathering information from immigration to establish when they entered the country," he told reporters.

A witness to the second blast, which took place at 1:50 a.m. (0550 GMT) in a hotel near the main bus station, said police evacuated the building moments before the explosion.
(snip/...)

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/03/22/Bolivia.blasts.reut/

[bemildred]

9. This could get interesting. nt

[Judi Lynn]

7. No doubt there's a connection to this imminent event:

Bolivia to nationalize natural resources by July: president

www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-22 09:45:40

LIMA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday that he would give his life for the nationalization of the country's natural resources, including its rich gas reserves,according to reports from the town of Camiri, southeast of the capital of La Paz.

Morales, who has vowed to step up state control in all key industries in the South American country, said he wanted to complete the nationalization process by July 12.

Morales made the promise to local official Gonzalo Moreno, who threatened to burn himself alive if the national oil company YPFBis not brought under total state control.

The Bolivian government has said it wanted to regain the control of about 10 companies, especially in the oil-gas and electricity sectors.
(snip/...)

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/22/content_4329822.htm

[phusion]

8. You are probably right...

CIA has probably started operations in Bolivia.

[SmokingJacket]

20. Wow! nt

[Laughing Mirror]

25. Well there you are

The part of the story that will seldom (if ever) be told.

Mr. Danger strikes again.

[bemildred]

11. Explosion in Bolivian capital kills two (al Jazeera)

The explosions in La Paz on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, which also severely damaged the hotels, were "a case typical of terrorist crime", police commander Oscar Nina said.

Two people - an American and a Uruguayan - were arrested early on Wednesday in connection with the bombings, La Paz district attorney Jorge Gutierrez said.

---

The fatalities were caused by the first explosion, Nina said. Police managed to evacuate the second hotel before the blast there, he said.

"The theory we're working on is that both cases are related because bombs were placed inside" the hotels, Nina told reporters.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2C41E86A-11B7-4E9A-B269-034C6AA03EF8.htm

[confludemocrat]

13. It's automatic, huh? US seeds chaos in the world as an SOP

when some country diverges from the path of subservience to US interests.

[Roland99]

14. Uh oh, Bolivia is harboring terrorists! INVADE!

Ignore that one of them was an American...

[Judi Lynn]

15. Bolivia Police Arrest U.S. Citizen After Bombs Kills Two People

Bolivia Police Arrest U.S. Citizen After Bombs Kills Two People

March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian police arrested a male U.S. citizen and a Uruguayan woman in connection with two hotel bombings in the capital that left two people dead and five wounded.

The blasts knocked down walls at two hotels where government officials stay and scattered bricks and cement across a 60-meter radius, shattering windows in nearby buildings, a statement on the government Web site said. The force of the blasts indicated the bombs were probably made from C-4 plastic explosives, rather than dynamite, the statement said.

The statement didn't say what organization was suspected of carrying out the bombings or give the identities of the suspects.

``The United States claims to fight terrorism, yet Americans come to put bombs in our hotels,'' Bolivian President Evo Morales said at a ceremony in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, in comments broadcast by La Paz-based Radio Panamericana. ``This is an attack on Bolivian democracy.''
(snip/...)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=awws800lBY_g&refer=latin_america

[bemildred]

16. Hmmm, where would they get C-4?

I mean the arms dumps in Iraq are a long ways from Bolivia.

[Judi Lynn]

19. Well, there are a few groups in the U.S. who use this stuff....

Here's one, Eduardo Arocena who testified he used it during his work as a terrorist against Cuba, with a group of violent idiots, named Omega 7:

In addition to providing information on the assassinations and attempted assassinations, Arocena provided the FBI with details on how he constructed bombs used in most of the Omega 7 operations and information on a split in the organization which occurred during late 1980. Arocena stated that he personally constructed most of the explosive devices used by Omega 7. The bombs usually consisted of either Gelodyne, dynamite or military C-4 and were constructed using detonating cord as a booster. Arocena, who received his training in explosives from Cuba exiles who had been trained by the CIA, would prime the detonation cord with the blasting cap, knot the detonation cord on the other end and place the knot into the main explosive charge. This was done because some commercial blasting caps are not powerful enough to detonate certain types of explosives, especially C-4.
(snip)

http://cuban-exile.com/doc_001-025/doc0011.html

Here's an instance in which bomber/mass murderer Luis Posada Carriles was caught in Panama, where he went to kill Fidel Castro, in possession of C-4:

Mr. Posada was seized, along with his three colleagues and 33 pounds of the plastic explosive C-4. Despite Mr. Posada's protest that the case was a sting set up by the Cuban spy service, he received an eight-year sentence in April 2004 for endangering public safety.
(snip)

http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/051805_world_stories.shtml

Cuban "exile" terrorists have used this material a LOT over the years. They seem very fond of it.

[DoYouEverWonder]

100. Did you hear the one about Posada's buddy

Santiago Alvarez, the guy who brought Posada back to the US in his yacht? Alverez got busted in Broward County a few months ago and is now in jail without bond. They found his weapons cache hidden in one of his condo complexes. The judge said there was enough weapons and explosives to cause a major bloodbath. Don't know if there was any C4 there but I wouldn't be surprised.

[Judi Lynn]

105. I just checked to see if there's anything new on Santiago Alvarez

One story from the Miami Herald vividly discusses Posada Carriles, mentions Alvarez's arrest, charges, and never mentions the fact he ALSO had bomb-making materials in his possession (his office and home). (It also claims the local FBI is corrupt and works with Cuba, a peculiar idea!)

Alvarez and Mitat's legal strategy seems to be partly focused on political arguments to help free the men, who are charged with having machine guns, grenade launchers and other illegal guns. Alvarez and Mitat's attorneys argue that the FBI may have used Cuban intelligence to nab the two men.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/14163907.htm

The AP story:

Meanwhile, a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to deliver Posada to Fort Lauderdale for the May trial of one of his close associates. Santiago Alvarez faces federal weapons charges involving a cache of machine guns, a grenade launcher, explosives and silencers.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Cuban_Militant.html

AHAAA! Here we go, only the Dallas News names the explosive!

Alvarez and another Cuban exile, Osvaldo Mitat, are accused in a six-count grand jury indictment with possessing a cache of military-style weapons, including machine guns, a grenade launcher, C-4 plastic explosives and silencers.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8GGQKJ8E.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You'll note, the local paper, the Miami Herald really downplays the local criminals' stash!

[bemildred]

17. Bolivia's Morales says US government behind 'terrorism'

LA PAZ (AFX) - Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the US government of sending Americans to conduct "terrorism" in the country, after bombs planted in two La Paz hotels killed two people.
"There is a battle against terrorism and the government of the United States is sending Americans to do terrorism in Bolivia," Morales said from Santa Cruz, in eastern Bolivia.
Police have arrested two people, an American and an Uruguyan, in the wake of the explosions, Attorney General Jorge Gutierrez said, adding that officials were investigating whether the suspects were part of a larger group.


http://www.forextv.com/FT/AFX/ShowStory.jsp?seq=87665

[bemildred]

18. Bolivia Bomb Killer from US

La Paz, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) A US man and an Uruguayan woman confessed Wednesday to having planted explosives that killed two people in two hotels of the Bolivian capital, La Paz´ attorney Jorge Gutierrez confirmed.

The legal expert said in a telephone conversation that those arrested admitted their guilt, adding they had placed the explosives in Linares and Riosinho II Hotels to cause as many victims as possible.

Gutierrez declined to mention their names, but said this and other details will be given in the coming hours, when the investigation concludes.

According to the attackers, they first put the explosive in Linares Hotel and then in Riosinho II.

Prensa Latina

[Judi Lynn]

21. It's odd they won't reveal their names yet.

The idea of bombing hotels is one which has been used repeatedly by Miami Cuban "exiles" against Cubans. They have even floated by in their little boats and shot up hotels with machine guns. They are attracted to hotels because the possiblility exists they could get lucky and kill off a lot of people.

I'll bet there's a good chance when the American's name is revealed, it will be Spanish, as in Miami Cuban "exile." They have bombed and shot things up, kidnapped, and murdered in over 26 countries since the Cuban Revolution, and these big fish in a small bowl were suddenly invisible in the huge bowl of the U.S. when they left Cuba.

[bemildred]

23. You may assume these people are disgruntled tools from somewhere.

Cuba would be one possibility. If we still don't know the names tomorrow, I would start to get suspicious, right now I would think they are still working on getting the story straight and trying to find collaborators etc. Don't want to spook any perps while one might still find them.

[killbotfactory]

49. If history is an example to go by

there's a 90% chance right.

I guess dubya didn't take too kindly to the coca-leaf engraved guitar. Should have sent him a pound of cocaine instead.

[webtrainer]

22. Bolivia Condemns Terrorist Attacks

La Paz, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) With motives still a mystery, Bolivian Cabinet Spokesman Alex Contreras condemned double terrorist attacks in La Paz that left two dead, seven wounded and extensive damage.

(a little) more-->
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B39E3BEB7-E5C8-425C-AB98-3C53C86CDAAE%7D)&language=EN

The following is an interesting insight into Evo:

"Morales said the government knew the deep changes it is carrying out would unleash reactions and attacks, but warned that these situations will do no more than strengthen the metamorphosis underway."

Even if there is no U.S. involvement at all, this just makes the case of Uncle Hugo stronger than ever.

[bemildred]

24. You gotta put the Prensa Latina links in a link box

or they puke.

Like:  "[link:URL|display label]"

[glitch]

26. Isn't Uruguay where Rev. Moon has his compound?

Moon, good buddy of Poppy Bush.
Not that it means anything, just doing some word association.

[JawJaw]

27. WTF?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-22-bolivia-bombs_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA


"Police initially blamed the blasts on terrorism but later said it appeared the American suspect was mentally ill."


"In the days before the blasts, the Uruguayan woman was distributing promotional business calendars with a picture of herself naked, a cardboard box of explosives perched on her knee, according to Marta Silva, who owns a corner store across from the second hotel"

[Judi Lynn]

28. Oh, THIS is damned strange, JawJaw.

First, thanks for snagging this article!

From the article:



Claudio Lestad D'Orleans, suspected of planting bombs in two La Paz hotels, is escorted by officers in Bolivia.
AFP


"The possible motives behind these attacks are incomprehensible," Deputy Interior Minister Rafael Puente told Radio Fides, saying the blasts could have killed dozens of people. "There doesn't seem to be any concrete objectives other than causing deaths."
(snip)

A third attack was foiled by police, Puente said.

Police said the American gave various names for himself, including Claudio Lestad, 25, of New Orleans. The Uruguayan was identified as Alda Ribeiro, 40. Police said the couple was arrested early Wednesday in a hotel in the neighboring slum city of El Alto.
(snip)

La Paz district attorney Jorge Gutierrez said the two suspects entered Bolivia from Argentina some weeks ago and had carried out attacks in other Bolivian cities that caused no injuries.
(snip)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Of course, "crazy" suspects would surely throw people off the trail of deliberately hired mercenaries, right?

[MrPrax]

29. Very Weird...

The guy's name is Claudio Lestad D'Orleans??? It's a fake obviously...

Isn't the Anne Rice character Lestat, the vampire, from d'New Orleans...

[Judi Lynn]

32. I think you're on to something. I never read any Anne Rice books, but

I recalled hearing that name (Lestat, so close to Lestad) after you mentioned it. She was born in New Orleans, too.

I surely hope the press will honor us with some part of the truth of this story.

[Poll_Blind]

33. Yes, these are bogus names. Worse, pretentiously bogus. n/t

PB

[suffragette]

56. Yes, and another character is named Claudia n/t

[struggle4progress]

65. “Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo"

... Police said the American gave various names for himself, including the one promoted on the calendars: “Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo’’ ... Up to a month before the blasts, the Uruguayan woman had been giving away promotional calendars to businesses in La Paz, with a picture of herself naked with a cardboard box of explosives perched on her knee, according to Marta Silva, who owns a corner store across from the second hotel. The calendars offered the “sale and export of explosives, fireworks and liquor,’’ with a phone number and post-office box in the Bolivian city of Potosi ... http://www.thedailyjournalonline.com/article.asp?ArticleId=231910&CategoryId=14919

[whatelseisnew]

70. googling what you have in quotes we get a license photo

“Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo"

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Lestat+Claudius+de+Orleans+y+Montevideo%22

I can't get a picture beyond the google cache



http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:gndXHyhByqk0oM:mylatinrose.com/fraud/lestat2.jpg

[Judi Lynn]

79. That photo comes up when you google another of his names!

"Triston Jay Amero"

These photos all come from the same site, from which we get nada!
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2004-37%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=%22Triston+Jay+Amero%22

He has chosen to share with readers a small collection of his reviews of various books at Amazon. How sweet! This, under the name "Triston Jay Amero:"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AMOEMGKBDVHXN/ref=cm_cr_auth/002-3757831-5227234?%5Fencoding=UTF8
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0285634704/002-3757831-5227234

[struggle4progress]

83. Gotta love the "FRAUDE" and "CREDIT CARD THIEF" labels ..

.. on a coupla the thumbnails ...

[struggle4progress]

88. " ... World Service Authority, a human rights advocacy group that issues

'world passports,' identified the suspect as Triston Jay Amero and said he had sought to renounce his U.S. citizenship after getting into trouble with the law in his home state of California ..." http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1757664

California Supreme Court turned down a habeas petition for "Triston Jay Amero" in 1993 and that "Triston Jay Amero" ran for public office in El Dorado county in 1992 ...

[hang a left]

92. That driver's license picture is him.

Even though you can't get a bigger image. I am sure of it. I am now in doubt about the other guy.

[hang a left]

93. That driver's license picture is him.

Even though you can't get a bigger image. I am sure of it. I am now in doubt about the other guy.

[hang a left]

94. That driver's license picture is him.

Even though you can't get a bigger image. I am sure of it. I am now in doubt about the other guy, Benj.

[MrPrax]

109. Well that's the guy...

esp. the photo entitled:
Triston Jay Amero OMAR LERMA USS SAIPAN

Looks a lot like guy the Bolivia says did it...

Old navy photo...the guy's young, so it looks quite recent that fellow just left the service. The collection of photos (family pix, driver lic. photo, old navy pix)...sorta the type of pictures a loner would have of himself, if he had to upload to a singles' board...sad.

BUT then again, these are the type of photos that could be easily grabbed by 'ops' for a frame up as well.

[struggle4progress]

81. mylatinrose.com /fraud /lestat2.jpg is the image link associated with ..

“Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo" and doesn't work for me. mylatinrose seems to be a mail-order bride service. <edit: can't get google thumbnail to work>

[Judi Lynn]

82. I had the same problem. I think you have to register with them first. n/t

[struggle4progress]

85. I dunno. If I registered, I'd worry death squad Johnny's boys wuz comin ..

.. to blow me up. Nekkid gurlz bein used to advertise explosives jest stinks like "mad cowboy" ...

[Judi Lynn]

86. No kidding. They may be outside, even though you DIDN'T register.

[struggle4progress]

90. Nosferatu!

:)

[David Zephyr]

74. It's Anne Rice's character alright, MrPrax.

Doesn't this stink to high heaven?

[donkeyotay]

106. Apparently one of several names he gave. I think he's being funny.

"Police said the American gave various names for himself, including Claudio Lestad, 25, of New Orleans."

The vampire from New Orleans is what I thought, too.

[Judi Lynn]

108. To be truly funny, he should forget bombing innocent people. n/t

[oblivious]

30. Patsies?

[whatelseisnew]

31. More Possibly Strange "..US citizen.. Jessica Wilson..injured.."

Goolge Jessica Wilson and Bolivia

Is she the same as http://wilsonhellie.typepad.com/

[Judi Lynn]

35. Wow........ I looked up her name and Bolivia, found this

First, a post from 2005:

Thursday, December 22, 2005
A New Post
Before the year ends, I must post at least this, as 2005 may be a significant marker year:

The Revolution Starts Now! Steve Earle said, and it has. Evo Morales has won big in Bolivia, and the implications of that are startling. Argentina and Venezuela are joining the battle against the IMF, so Morales (Evo, his supporters call him) may precipitate true revolutionary solidarity in South America. Here are a few links to reading on that subject:
-Luis Gomez at The NarcoSphere
-Stan Goff and Joaquin Bustelo at Feral Scholar
-and Jessica Wilson at For the Record
(snip/...)
http://zopenmind.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_zopenmind_archive.html

which lead to this link:
http://wilsonhellie.typepad.com/for_the_record/2005/12/chavez_to_the_r.html

which lead to this mini-bio:

Biography
We (Jessica Wilson and Benj Hellie) are U.S. expat assistant professors of philosophy at the University of Toronto, who are interested in and worried about global affairs (especially as influenced, as they so often are, by U.S.-based corporate capitalism, as implemented by Republican thugs). One goal of this blog is to keep a (partial) record of articles, opinions, sites and so on striking us as worthy of attention in the course of our news- and web-surfing; another is to periodically write longer posts focused on the historical, psychological, and/or ideological underpinnings of current events (see especially the 'Foundations' and 'Capitalism and Its Alternatives' categories in the Archives). Yet another goal is to call readers' attention to certain opportunities for activism. We hope readers will enjoy our explorations, and though, in the interest of getting tenure, we have regretfully not initiated comment threads, we welcome thoughtful reader suggestions, comments, corrections and questions, sent to jessica DOT m DOT wilson or benj DOT hellie AT utoronto DOT ca.
(snip)

http://wilsonhellie.typepad.com/about.html

[whatelseisnew]

36. The exact chain of links I followed!

Notice the most recent blog posting from her is 2 days ago

[MrPrax]

39. Might be them here...

Image http://images.google.ca/images?q=Benj+Hellie&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images">googled Benj Hellie (because of uniqueness) ...

Found this pix titled: file benjjessica.jpg and captioned: Jessica Wilson and Benj Hellie

from page http://consc.net/pics/florence.html


http://consc.net/pics/florence@@/benjjessica.jpg

Could be the guy with longer hair? Probably a goosechase...these folks seem OK...but could be a 'jacket' coz they are lefties...such a 'jacket' might work in latin america because of the big trial and jailing of Lamont and Spencer...two Canadians accused of being involved in terrorism/kidnapping in Brazil...it was a big story.

[hang a left]

42. OMG

It could be him. Look at the nose. Fine and pointy. The only thing throwing me off is the curly hair.

[hang a left]

46. Here is another photo of Ben

on edit: I wanted to put the pictures together

[hang a left]

47. They look alot alike.

Don't they??

[idontwantaname]

48. this guy may know whats going on. anyone want to email him???

Ted Sider
http://fas-philosophy.rutgers.edu/sider/

from:
http://web.syr.edu/~bnmurday/swm/photos.htm

<img src="web.syr.edu/~bnmurday/swm/ted_sider_benj_hellie.jpg" width="150">

Ted Sider and Benj Hellie

[hang a left]

50. I doubt he will tell you that Benj is CIA....

[idontwantaname]

53. CIA no but maybe some insight on if he is in toronto or not.

additionally maybe why his lady friend is in bolivia but hasnt written anyhting about it in her internet weblog... strange.

[hang a left]

54. Really strange.

What do you think? Do you think they look alike???

[idontwantaname]

55. definitely... its the nose and glasses. n/t.

[hang a left]

51. Pointy nose, cleft chin, thin lips, skin tone, sideburns

Looks like he has his hair pulled back, has changed his glasses. He has his head down which gives the appearance of the double chin. I just don't know.

[Judi Lynn]

58. Well, the hair could have easily grown out. If it was long and dirty

it would probably lose a lot of that fluffier, curlier appearance in the other photos.....

It looks as if the hair color is reddish-brown in all photos. The one taken in Bolivia shows a pretty pudgey guy, but some people do bulk up for various reasons.

The closer photo prevents a good look at his eyes because of the heavy dark frame on the glasses. The recent one is simply too far away.

Skin tone is pallid in all the photos.

The images are really interesting, hang a left. I'm stumped here!

[hang a left]

59. he is a stocky guy

[Judi Lynn]

61. Right! It's easy to see in that one. He does look a little portly.....

I just found one with a clean shaven face for this guy:

http://consc.net/pics/cornell@@/benjsydney.jpg

On edit:

Uh oh. I just found a larger look at the earlier photo taken today in Bolivia.



© ,AFP,Aizar Raldes,AFP,Aizar Raldes,AFP,Aizar Raldes


Two people were killed and seven injured in two powerful bomb blasts at
La Paz hotels that authorities have blamed on a US explosives vendor.

[whatelseisnew]

71. is this him?

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:gndXHyhByqk0oM:mylatinrose.com/fraud/lestat2.jpg

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Lestat+Claudius+de+Orleans+y+Montevideo%22

[Judi Lynn]

75. Isn't it odd he got that name on his California driver's license!

Unless he knows someone in the motor vehicle department or some other government agency, he's required to have two forms of i.d. in order to get it, too, if California laws are like my state's.

It's obviously a phoney name, after all. This is getting steadily wierder!

Sure wish I knew how to enlarge images. That looks like the guy, doesn't it, without his glasses.

[hang a left]

96. The guy is a spook.

[hang a left]

95. Those are not the same man. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

38. The article you posted is reachable from her home page

This is her photo:



http://individual.utoronto.ca/jmwilson/

[Blue_Tires]

122. that name i think is some message

i have no doubt that when that particular 'name' was printed in the news stories, people in power somewhere started turning some wheels

[Laughing Mirror]

45. "Claudio Lestad D'Orleans"??

Lovely alias they thought up. I was wondering what crazy story they would dream up to explain this on away.

An anonymous crazy, with a crazy made up name, who gets a hold of plastic military explosive and blows up a hotel. For no reason. Just wanted to.

And then the kooky "Uruguayan woman," the accomplice, who does go to the trouble, however, of making her face known on the streets in the days before the blasts.

But, Claudio Lestad D'Orleans? That's the best howler yet.

[Roland99]

62. Vampires bombing hotels now?

[raccoon]

129. And I thought all we had to worry about was terrorists,

crazy homeowners, crazy people in traffic, and Bushco.

Now we have to worry about vampires too? :silly:

[IndianaGreen]

69. The perp has been reading Ann Rice?

This is such a strange story!

[Pacifist Patriot]

34. That's not possible. Other people are terrorists, not Americans.

:sarcasm:

[DUHandle]

37. Just another Coke Deal

thats all.

[Judi Lynn]

40. Consider this Reuters story, and ponder whether it presents a clean

view of the facts:

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-03-22T190439Z_01_N22375241_RTRUKOC_0_US-BOLIVIA-EXPLOSIONS.xml&archived=Falsev

Snipppet from page #2:

Morales who has described his socialist movement as a nightmare for the United States, called on the international community to condemn the bombings and vowed tough punishment for the culprits.
(snip)

It is not the first time Morales's government has made unspecified suggestions about the existence of plots to destabilize his government.

Morales has formed close ties with U.S. regional antagonists Fidel Castro of Cuba and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has also accused Washington of plotting against Bolivia's first indigenous president.
(snip/)

What are the chances they could just deliver the information and leave the pro-_Bush coloration out of it?

[whatelseisnew]

41. NSA contracts with AP, Reuters are a big deal

They will print what content they are told to print.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/comments/2006/2/6/152017/9363/1

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:qw5daCeGw7EJ:narcosphere.narconews.com/comments/2006/2/6/152017/9363/1+narconews+ap++reuters&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2&ie=UTF-8

[Judi Lynn]

43. Thanks for posting these links. They deserve some real scrutiny.

I'm going to study them later tonight. Very helpful.

[whatelseisnew]

63. anytime for you

thanks for all you do here.

[donkeyotay]

111. Obviously our government isn't involved in this lone gunman attack

We're fighting an enemy that hates us for our freedom, not a war against a sovereign nation's decision on resource allocation. This isn't a war between government's controlled by rich, rightwing, militarists and various shades of pinko-commies... Why, then it would be the same old war we've been fighting, and everything changed on 9-11.

[Judi Lynn]

115. Oh, Yeah! Sure! Thanks for the reminder. I've been living in a pre-9/11

state of mind, obviously.

That means all the stuff from BEFORE September 11 can't be used. Now I've got it! All U.S. history STARTS at 9/11, regardless of any similarity to something else.

[David Zephyr]

44. Let's stay on this story. K&R

:kick:

[Judi Lynn]

57. Knight Ridder: American arrested in connection with hotel bombings in Boli

Posted on Wed, Mar. 22, 2006
American arrested in connection with hotel bombings in Bolivia

By Jack Chang and Patricio Crooker
Knight Ridder Newspapers
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivian police arrested an American and an Uruguayan woman believed to be his wife early Wednesday in connection with a pair of explosions that killed two people and injured seven at two budget hotels in the center of this high-altitude city.

Police accused the two of planting about 50 pounds of dynamite in the attacks, but said they didn't think the bombings were politically motivated.

At a news conference, police gave the Americans' name as Lestat Claudius De Orleans and identified the Uruguayan as Alda Ribeiro Acosta. A police commander reached by Knight Ridder Newspapers said De Orleans is 25 and Ribeiro, 42, though there were differing reports of their ages.
(snip)

The first explosion went off around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Linares hotel near the city's main plaza. The building collapsed and three neighboring houses were damaged, Nina said.

More than four hours later, the second blast destroyed the hotel Riosinho II, which its owner already had evacuated because of suspicions about the suspects' presence there.
(snip)

Among the couple's belongings, investigators found the American's diary, which included an entry calculating that the attack would kill as many as 50 people, Nina said. Police also found evidence that the couple had bought the explosives, widely used in Bolivia's mines, in the city of Potosi.

Bolivian police later said the couple also might have been planning to bomb the Chilean consulate and may be connected to earlier bombings in Bolivia.

Details on the American were sketchy and conflicting. Some news accounts identified him as Claudio Destad, though the police gave his name as De Orleans during a news conference.

A personal ad for De Orleans on a Colombian Web site describes him "as a political refugee from the United States." In response to questions posed by other users of the Web site, he declined to elaborate on the reference but said the United States had revoked his nationality on May 9, 2004, and gave his birthplace as Oroville.
(snip/...)

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14161886.htm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

What CAN one make of this? :silly: :crazy:

[cantstandbush]

60. So when will this become "Breaking News?" n/t

[Judi Lynn]

64. Updated story with a few items not mentioned earlier:

Two die in Bolivia hotel bombing; American arrested

LA PAZ 23/03/2006 03:09



© ,АFР,Aizar Raldes,АFР,Aizar Raldes,АFР,Aizar Raldes
Two people were killed and seven injured in two powerful bomb blasts at
La Paz hotels that authorities have blamed on a US explosives vendor.



© ,AFP,Aizar Raldes,AFP,Aizar Raldes,AFP,Aizar Raldes
Two people were killed and seven injured in two powerful bomb blasts at
La Paz hotels that authorities have blamed on a US explosives vendor.


Two people were killed and seven injured in two powerful bomb blasts at La Paz hotels that authorities have blamed on a US explosives vendor.

Police detained US national Claudio Lestad D'Orleans, 27 and his wife, Uruguayan Alba Riveiros, 40, as suspects in the late Tuesday and early Wednesday bombings that ripped through two modest hotels in downtown La Paz and damaged nearby buildings.
(snip)

Police however received an anonymous telephone tip before the blast and evacuated the 19 tourists at the hotel.
(snip)

The head of Bolivia's national police, General Isaac Pimentel, held a press conference to said the explosions may have had "religious motives," then described the US suspect as someone who partakes in "pagan rituals".

He also said police found a document on the couple describing a plot to bomb the Chilean consulate on Saturday.
(snip)

Police said that D'Orleans had been living in the city of Potosi for some time, selling explosives, fireworks and liquor. They also said he has claimed to be an admirer of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

"Interests in upper class groups in Bolivia are behind these two attacks," Morales claimed, "and they are using agents from abroad to generate fear, to create unrest, to then say that the government cannot control Bolivia."
(snip/...)

http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=18373

[IndianaGreen]

67. D'Orleans had registered at a La Paz hotel as a Saudi citizen

Oh, this is really juicy stuff, far more interesting than the missing blonde in Aruba:

"My husband is a bastard, he should be killed," Riveiros cried out to the local news media as she was taken to a jail.

<snip>

President Evo Morales, a fierce critic of the United States, was outrage that a US national was arrested in the case.

"There is a battle against terrorism and the government of the United States is sending Americans to do terrorism in Bolivia," the president said at an event in the eastern city of Santa Cruz.

"A US citizen placing bombs in hotels ... What is happening?" he asked.

Police said that D'Orleans had been living in the city of Potosi for some time, selling explosives, fireworks and liquor. They also said he has claimed to be an admirer of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=18373

[David Zephyr]

72. This just gets more interesting by the moment, IG.

This has the smell of stink all over it.

NSA to State Department: "We've got a problem with one of our operatives in Bolivia. Sanitize his contacts with us and the Saudis immediately. Oswald him as fast as you can. Get out conflicting stories about him. Muddy the water. And pay off everyone who asks for money. Now."

[donkeyotay]

113. Just like a squid's cloud of ink. nt

[raccoon]

117. Where'd you learn to think like that?

It has the ring of truth to it.

[Marie26]

123. Aren't there easier ways to do that

then blowing up a hotel in La Paz? This is such a weird story, but it really doesn't seem CIA or USA-related. Wouldn't a gov. operative be more low-key, instead of employing odd aliases & displaying odd behavior? This might just be a group of anarchists, maybe even a cult? Or maybe he is really mentally ill (which explains a lot of his odd actions).

[struggle4progress]

87. "... the couple were also suspected of planning a bombing at the Chilean

Consulate in La Paz on March 25 and that investigations were continuing. Police said the American entered Bolivia from neighboring Argentina, where he was suspected of blowing up a cash machine ..."
http://www.localnewsleader.com/brocktown/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=162903

[donkeyotay]

112. Seems like an impenetrable smoke screen is already up

No two accounts are the same. A pagan admirer of Osama? Bet the next article has him as a child molester.

[IndianaGreen]

66. I guess Condi Rice didn't like that coca guitar she got from Evo Morales

Posted by quaoar:

Morales gives Rice coca leaf-inlay guitar

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2161020

[MetaTrope]

68. Well, Bolivia should be completely justified in torturing the American

to get a confession, especially if he's a government employee.

[David Zephyr]

73. An "unlawful combattant"?

How quickly will the American State Department and the NSA try to get him out of Bolivia before he starts talking.

[raccoon]

118. Or get him wasted, like Oswald. nt

[Judi Lynn]

76. This just doesn't work for me, this part of the AP story:

American jailed in deadly Bolivia bombings
3/22/2006, 8:54 p.m. CT
By FIONA SMITH
The Associated Press

~snip~

Police identified the suspects as Claudio Lestad, 24, of New Orleans, and Alda Ribeiro, 40, of Uruguay, though authorities said Lestad was carrying altered documents and uses various names, including "Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo."

Lestad, who was born in California, registered himself at the hotel as a lawyer of Saudi Arabian nationality but also calls himself a priest, Pemintel said.

The Washington, D.C.-based World Service Authority, a human rights advocacy group that issues "world passports," identifed the suspect as Triston Jay Amero and said he had sought to renounce his U.S. citizenship after getting into trouble with the law in his home state of California.

"It's been a while that he's been trying to get out of the U.S. system," David Gallup, president and general counsel of the World Service Authority, told The Associated Press.

Gallup said the suspect had applied for a "world passport" from the group in 2003 under the name Amero, then applied for a new one in 2004 under the name Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo. The organization's passports carry none of the rights of a nation's, but travelers have used them to enter countries around the world, Gallup said.

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/international-7/1143082774122290.xml&storylist=topstories

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sounds like someone's trying to have a big laugh at the expense of Spanish speaking officials who may not be too acquainted with American popular novels or movies.

[IndianaGreen]

77. I googled Triston Jay Amero

I got several hits, from the picture of a child, to a Wiccan priest, to someone looking for ammo.

[Judi Lynn]

80. Good grief! Either he has been unbelievably busy as a madman,

or it's as David Zephyr says, a disinformation foundation has been laid. This is ridiculous.

I just saw the things you've mentioned. Page 2 of google has an e-bay homepage in which he mentions he's a "Wiccan High Priest."

Page 3, wanted: guns and flares...

[David Zephyr]

84. "Wanted: guns and flares" Does this remind you of this?

All the crap that was planted that Oswald had been looking to buy a gun and of course, this phony photo:

[Judi Lynn]

89. Omigosh! I had forgotten so much. You're right. Too many similarities.

I guess if it worked for them, why fix it? Why bother creating a whole new scheme, when there's no need?

Seeing that Oswald photo again is starlingly different from seeing his photo the first time. He surely doesn't look all that capable of what that task would have required. So interesting, looking back at him now. Yikes.

[struggle4progress]

91. "... he had sought to renounce his U.S. citizenship ..."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1757664

[David Zephyr]

137. Just like Oswald had renounced his, huh?

Let the disinformation begin.

[hang a left]

97. He identifies himself as a wiccan priest in his Amazon reviews.

[Marie26]

124. On the other hand...

a self-described Wiccan priest who like ammo & vampires is pretty much the type of person who would blow up a hotel for no reason.

[David Zephyr]

78. This immediate disinformation has begun about this guy.

I hope that Evo has him locked away where a convenient "Jack Ruby" can take him out.

He will talk at some point. Here's hoping that he is out of reach of those who he might spill the beans on.

I have to end it here for the night. I hope this story doesn't die.

[Binka]

98. Kick

Because truth is stranger than fiction.

[Marie26]

125. or maybe he really is that weird. nt

[0007]

99. Here we go again, Henry Kissinger style.

[IndianaGreen]

101. Update: US recalls Ambassador because of Bolivia's accusations

Unfortunately, the story is in Spanish and I don't have time to translate the whole thing because I have to go to work. In short, Evo Morales made some comments about the US government and the American with the vampire name that was arrested. Now the Bolivian press says that the US government has recalled his envoy for consultations. As the Bolivian newspaper said, this is the first time in 20 years that the US has recalled an envoy for consultations.

There is also some backtracking on the claim that the bomber was motivated by religion.

INCERTIDUMBRE | No existe certeza sobre los verdaderos móviles de los dos atentados. La Policía atribuye a causas religiosas, mientras el Gobierno a políticas


EEUU llama a su ministro a informar sobre alusión de Evo

Los Tiempos y La Prensa.- El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos convocó al Ministro Consejero de la Embajada de ese país en Bolivia para que dé un informe sobre las insinuaciones del presidente Evo Morales contra el Gobierno norteamericano por los dos atentados dinamiteros ocurridos la noche del martes y la madrugada del miércoles, pasados en La Paz, según confirmaron ayer fuentes del Gobierno de Estados Unidos.

Sería la primera vez, en los últimos 20 años, que un Ministro Consejero de Bolivia es convocado por su gobierno para ofrecer una explicación.

El presidente Evo Morales, contrariamente a los informes preliminares ofrecidos por la Policía y la Fiscalía en los que señalan como posibles causas, temas religiosos para los dos atentados, percibe móviles políticos en los atentados e insinúa que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos envía terroristas para desestabilizar la democracia boliviana.

"Un norteamericano metiendo bombas en los hoteles. El Gobierno de Estados Unidos lucha contra el terrorismo y no es posible que gente de Estados Unidos venga a meter bombas a los hoteles. Hay lucha contra el terrorismo del Gobierno de Estados Unidos o nos mandan norteamericanos a hacer terrorismo en Bolivia. ¿Qué está pasando?", dijo Morales en su discurso de inauguración de la campaña de carnetización en todo el país.

En su percepción, los atentados intentan reflejar una falta de autoridad de su gestión "para decir que Evo no controla". En ese marco convocó a los "sectores sociales en los barrios y los ayllus a organizarse "para defender la Asamblea Constituyente".

http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/23-03-06/nacional.php

Another story on the bombing:

Police identified the suspects as Claudio Lestad, 24, of New Orleans, and Alda Ribeiro, 40, of Uruguay

<snip>

The fatalities were caused by the first explosion Tuesday night in the Alojamiento Linares hotel in La Paz's historic city center.

The hotel, an old colonial building with iron balconies, is frequented by foreign tourists, but police said the victims, a woman and a man, were presumed to be Bolivian.

An American, identified as Jessica Wilson, was treated at a hospital and released, authorities said. Police said the other injured were Bolivian.

Police said they managed to evacuate the second hotel before the blast hit at about 2 a.m. The hotels are about a mile apart along the narrow streets of downtown La Paz.

Ramiro Calle, an employee at the first hotel, said the two suspects checked in Tuesday night and the hotel was not very full at the time of the blast, which blew away parts of the roof and wall, shattered windows, destroyed an adjacent home and damaged parked cars.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/23/ap/world/mainD8GH0S280.shtml

[Laughing Mirror]

103. Religious motives??

What religion says bomb hotels and kill people? Was it that prime commandment: Thou shalt not provide thy poor free drinking water?

With this latest terrorist attack, the US Ministry of Lies & Propoganda seems to my eyes to be running out of steam in the creative department. And they could use somebody more capable in the continuity department. Because not only are they still sticking to the preposterous identities they bestowed on these two hired hands--whoever those unfortunate pair really are--not only their names and nationalities and identities, but they can't even get their supposed birthdates straight. What is the age of Lestad (not his real name), or is it Lestat? Is it 27, 25? And how old is the now ranting "Uruguayan woman," who despite being an accomplice seems to be not without a heart? What is her name? I haven't even bothered to memorize the name they've given her. How old is she? Is she not any longer 42 or 45, two ages previously reported? This latest report rounds her age down to 40.She keeps getting younger.

And then there's the enigmatic Jessica Wilson, injured in one of the blasts, but now released. What will she have to say. Will we hear from her? When?

[libertypirate]

126. Google Translate?

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lostiempos.com%2Fnoticias%2F23-03-06%2Fnacional.php&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

[IndianaGreen]

102. Update#2: New pictures of suspects (Bolivian press)

The newspapers also says that the authorities don't know who the bomber really is. In the first paragraph they say that he us using false names. Sorry, the story is in Spanish:

El misterio rodea a los atentados y a los sospechosos

La Policía y la Fiscalía aún desconocen quiénes son los dos extranjeros, qué hacen en el país, por qué atacaron y qué buscaban al dinamitar dos hostales paceños.

El estadounidense Lestat Claudius (nombre de un personaje de ficción) De Orleans y Montevideo (25) y la uruguaya Alda Ribiero Acosta (41) están detenidos en celdas de la Policía acusados por los dos atentados dinamiteros ocurridos en La Paz, el martes por la noche y el miércoles en la madrugada. Este caso tiene aún interrogantes que las autoridades aún no pudieron responder.
Ayer, la sede de gobierno se despertó con la noticia de las dos explosiones, que prácticamente destruyeron los edificios de los alojamientos Linares (21.50) y Riosinho II (2.00). Por la mañana, las autoridades hablaban de la captura de dos extranjeros, presumiblemente autores de ambos hechos que dejaron dos personas muertas y ocho heridos, aunque según la Policía, el objetivo era generar 150 víctimas fatales.

Este medio consultó a altas fuentes policiales y de la Fiscalía para determinar cuáles fueron los móviles de los atentados y por qué los agresores optaron por atacar dos hostales. Sin embargo, nadie pudo ofrecer una respuesta concreta sobre ambos temas.

Y aunque la Policía y la Fiscalía dieron casi por solucionado el caso, con la aprehensión de los "autores", tampoco pudieron tipificar qué tipo de delincuente sería el estadounidense: un terrorista o un sicópata. Aunque el viceministro de Gobierno, Rafael Puente, se animó a calificarlo como lo segundo, ayer por la mañana.

Empero, la Policía, basada en un documento de EEUU, no descartó que el móvil fuera religioso, ya que Lestat se decía "sacerdote y predicador de ritos paganos".

http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20060323_005489/nota_256_262490.htm

[Laughing Mirror]

104. Oh my goodness! Alda Ribiero is now a ripe old 41.

The aging process had gone into reverse, bringing her reported age down from a high of 47 down to a low of 40. Now she's 41. The aging process seems to be speeding up again for poor old whatever her name is.

At least the Bolivians have grasped the fiction of these stooges. They are not ruling out any hypothesis, including national or international connections. They must be as baffled as we, as this story unfolds.

But Alda Ribiero's real husband is now said to be a Russian? A communist?? And that it was a forced marriage?

I don't read Spanish, so correct me if I'm wrong.

And what's this business with Colombian narcotraffickers?

Good lord. Lestat and Alda got aliases, ages and alibis galore.

[Judi Lynn]

107. Not much going on with this story this morning, but here's an odd point

All other sources indicate the woman referred to the American as her "husband" but Reuters printed this clumsy interpretation:

At a news conference, the American suspect stood motionless under heavy guard alongside the Uruguayan woman, his girlfriend. Both refused to comment, but as the woman was taken from the police station to the news conference, she shouted, "Kill my man, he's crazy!"

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-bolivia23mar23,1,4781019.story?coll=la-news-a_section

That story also mentions something one of the other sources claimed: both of the murdered bomb victems were Bolivian doctors. That was an unfortunate event in a country with undoubtedly too few doctors.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Speaking of Chile, since the articles refer to the fact Bolivian authorities discovered they were planning to bomb the Chilean consulate next Saturday, it seems to be an odd choice of other targets, since yesterday Chile and Bolivia just announced they plan to reconnect diplomatically, after a long cold spell. Why would this American and his accomplice try to meddle in this developing renewal of relations?

[Judi Lynn]

114. I don't recall having seen this in any of the other articles....

Previously known as Triston Jay Amero, he also goes by John Scheda and Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo _ Lestat being the name of Anne Rice's vampire, played by Tom Cruise in the movie. But this Lestat admitted he's not the Hollywood type. In a blog from Colombia two years ago, he described himself as "so repulsive in apearance and dress and religeous practice to the women of Colombia that even prostitutes wilnot take My Money."(sic)
(snip)

Details of this Lestat's travels are documented in an extensive file kept by the World Service Authority. He regularly sent copies of visas and other state documents tracking his activities in Latin America. His visas show travel to Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Bolivia.
(snip)

http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/41248.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Isn't Paraguay the country in which _Bush has sent a LOT of U.S. soldiers, recently, to a base there? Doesn't the Rev. Sun Myung Moon have a HUGE property there? Hasn't _Bush's administration claimed that area where the countries meet as being a motherlode of "terrorists?"

Here's a reference to Moon's Paraguay, etc. connections:

Indeed, in the early 1980s, amid widespread human rights abuses, Moon had used friendships with the military dictators in Argentina and Uruguay to invest in those two countries. Moon was such a pal of the Argentine generals that he garnered an honorary award for siding with Argentina's junta in the Falklands War.

More recently, Moon has been buying large tracts of agricultural lands in Paraguay. La Nacion reported that Moon had discussed these business ventures with Paraguay's ex-dictator Alfredo Stroessner. (Nov. 19, 1996)
(snip)

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/moon1.html

[Laughing Mirror]

116. That WSA passport ...

The World Service Authority (WSA), founded in 1954, is a non-profit public service organization that educates about and promotes "world citizenship," "world law," and World Government. It has offices in Washington, D.C. and Shanghai. It is best known for issuing World Passports with few qualifications.

The WSA was founded by Garry Davis, a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot who renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1948 to live as a "citizen of the world". It was set up to be the administrative agency of the "World Government of World Citizens" which he declared on September 4, 1953.

The WSA issues passports, registers applicants as "world citizens", and issues "world citizen" identity documents, such as birth certificates, identity cards and marriage certificates. It asserts that its passports, which it purports to issue under the authority of Article 13, Section 2, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, have been accepted on a de facto, case-by-case basis by over 150 countries and, at one time or another, on a legal or de jure basis by six countries. However, procedures for verifying the identity of applicants are lax, and WSA passports have been mentioned in U.S. indictments for fraud and providing material support to terrorists. Burkina Faso withdrew its de jure recognition of WSA passports in 1992, and there is evidence going back to 1996 that Zambia has also withdrawn its de jure recognition of WSA passports.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Service_Authority

[Judi Lynn]

119. Bolivian bomb suspect known to California authorities

Posted on Thu, Mar. 23, 2006
Bolivian bomb suspect known to California authorities
JORDAN Press

SAN FRANCISCO - The Northern California man arrested in Bolivia on suspicion of planting hotel bombs that killed two people has a history of legal and mental health problems going back to elementary school, court documents show.

Triston Jay Amero, 24, was in and out of psychiatric hospitals since he was 7 years old after making frequent threats to kill himself as well as doctors and law enforcement officials, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.

"Based on our experience with him, the new charges are not entirely surprising," Amador County District Attorney Todd Riebe said on Thursday. "He is a very disturbed man, and given his past, I think he would be fully capable of doing this."

As a teenager, Amero was sentenced in October 1996 to three years and six months in California Youth Authority custody after being convicted of assault on a public official and battery for spitting on an El Dorado County juvenile court judge and court clerk, court documents show.
(snip)

While in custody at the Preston Youth Correctional Facility in Ione in Amador County, Amero threatened staff and created hit lists of staff members and public officials he planned to kill when he was released, court documents show. Former President Bill Clinton was included on one such list.
(snip/...)

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/politics/14171079.htm

[killbotfactory]

121. What a bizarre story..

:crazy:

Well, at least I'm reasonably sure the US didn't participate in it. That's something...

[libertypirate]

127. Weirdness just began search -- ALDA RIBIERO ACOSTA

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Alda+Ribiero%22&num=100&hl=en&hs=mJf&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&filter=0

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http://www.thefreeencyclopedia.com/definition/word.aspx?w=Alda_Ribiero_Acosta
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:mUPPjv4l5FUJ:www.thefreeencyclopedia.com/definition/word.aspx%3Fw%3DAlda_Ribiero_Acosta+%22Alda+Ribiero%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=19&client=firefox-a

ALDA RIBIERO ACOSTA (9 July 1960 -- ) Sacred woman and victim of Eduardo Roslik, brother of Communist child molester Vladimir Roslik. Alda was born in the Brazilian city of Santa Anna do Libramiento, on the Uruguayan frontier and lived her youth in Venezuela, until 1980 when she was sold as a cow to Eduardo Roslik, who forced her to bear two children of his blood. Ultimately, Political Philosopher Lestat Claudius De Orléans y Montevideo rescued her and took her to Bolivia, where Communist insurgents funded by Eduardo Roslik continue to try to kill them both. A reward for the death of Eduardo Roslik of one million Paraguayan Guaranies (Gs. 1,000,000.00PYG) has been posted for the head of Eduardo Roslik, as he continues to rape the two children which Alda was forced to bear by him.

Alda is currently pregnant with the child of Lestat Claudius De Orléans y Montevideo.

[libertypirate]

128. I don't know what the hell this is

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:XNbrBoUsOYYJ:mylatinrose.com/fraud/fraud.htm+%22Triston+Jay+Amero%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=51&client=firefox-a


This is Triston Jay Amero who purchasaes items with the Alias John Scheda.
This man uses multiple Names and email addresses to purchase items from the internet and then denies All of the Charges. He ordered over $94.00 worth of addresses and DENIED all Charges 3 weeks later. The email addresses he uses are:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
The Personal Information he used is:

John Scheda
telephone number [phone]
ADDRESS
11105 Renton Issaquah Road SE
Iaasquah, WA 98027
United States

Here is the information he gives the Ladies:
Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo
5577 Almond Street, Apartament 3
Paradise, California 95969-4540
The United States

Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo
1762 Tecolote Drive
Placerville, California 95667-
The United States

Telephone [phone] and [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

He's 22 years old and divorced and Claims to be Very Shy and wanted us to select women for him.
He proudly proclaims to have been kicked out of most of South America and most of Central America and Mexico and that his profession is: Wicca High Priest-Goddess Worshiper-Pagan Fanatic....a true psycho.This is Triston Jay Amero who purchasaes items with the Alias John Scheda.
This man uses multiple Names and email addresses to purchase items from the internet and then denies All of the Charges. He ordered over $94.00 worth of addresses and DENIED all Charges 3 weeks later. The email addresses he uses are:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
The Personal Information he used is:

John Scheda
telephone number [phone]
ADDRESS
11105 Renton Issaquah Road SE
Iaasquah, WA 98027
United States

Here is the information he gives the Ladies:
Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo
5577 Almond Street, Apartament 3
Paradise, California 95969-4540
The United States

Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo
1762 Tecolote Drive
Placerville, California 95667-
The United States

Telephone [phone] and [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

He's 22 years old and divorced and Claims to be Very Shy and wanted us to select women for him.
He proudly proclaims to have been kicked out of most of South America and most of Central America and Mexico and that his profession is: Wicca High Priest-Goddess Worshiper-Pagan Fanatic....a true psycho.

[Moderator]

130. Kick

[Judi Lynn]

131. A few more facts added to the mix in this updated AP story:

Former Placerville man held in Bolivia bombings
By Fiona Smith -- Associated Press
Published 10:52 am PST Thursday, March 23, 2006


~snip~
Triston Jay Amero, 24, ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the El Dorado Union High School District Board in 2002. Amero, who listed his occupation with the El Dorado County Elections office as a "Clergyman/process server," lost during the June 2002 election, having only garnered 5.56 percent of the vote, according to Bee archives.
(snip)

He was detained Wednesday alongside his girlfriend Alda Ribeiro, 45, of Uruguay. Police paraded the handcuffed pair in front of the press; Lestat, slightly overweight, with a ponytail and glasses, showed no emotion before onlookers.
(snip)
(now his girlfriend is 45 years old)

In January, he applied for Bolivian residency, according to Gallup and Isaac Pemintel, Bolivia’s national police chief.

He told Gallup he was passing the New Year in Potosi, Bolivia, a mining community where sticks of dynamite are sold out of stalls at a market open to all. And in the weeks before the blasts, his Uruguayan partner had been promoting a Bolivian business selling and exporting "explosives, fireworks and liquor."
(snip)

Police said they managed to evacuate the second hotel before the blast hit at about 2 a.m. Wednesday, and that they thwarted the couple’s plans for a third bomb attack on the Chilean consulate here on Saturday. The pair blew up 110 dynamite cartridges in each attack and had planned to kill 150 people, police said.
(snip)

In a 2002 blog connected to a website, Digital Paganism of the World, Amero praised the website and left a message: “I am a Wiccan High Priest from California Who must deal with Bible-mongering Christians every Day. I am greatly pleased with your essay on Paganism in relation to child abuse, as that is an issue that every Bible-monger in the County wants to gripe about.”

Amero ran for a seat on the El Dorado Union High School District baord in September 2002 and for a seat on the county’s Fire Division 3 board. He fared poorly in both races, and included the moniker, “Lord Cactus” as part of his name.

The State Department called his mother, Dawna Scheda, in Placerville, on Wednesday night to inform her about the arrest. Scheda said she has not spoken with her son and does not know where he is being held, and declined to say more before hiring a lawyer.
(snip)

http://www.sacbee.com/content/breakingnews/story/14234047p-15055726c.html

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I'd like to highlight what another DU'er wrote earlier. It's entirely irritating seeing ALL of these articles pointing out the "low budget" aspects of the hotel. MANY hotels in other countries are "LOW BUDGET" because the people themselves are struggling economically. In very poor countries there just AREN'T many expensive hotels for the wealthier visitors to stay in. Wouldn't be prudent to have a lot of hotels no one could afford, beyond the very light international traffic.

Sounds like an attempt to color public perception, implying it's not as threatening since he didn't blow up any hotel where anyone of prominence would be staying.

[Judi Lynn]

132. Slightly more from a Dominican Republic paper:

March, 23 - 10:48 AM

"Unbalanced" US bomber in Bolivia likes Bin Laden, hates Bush

La Paz.– Bolivian authorities said Thursday that the U.S. citizen arrested for detonating two powerful bombs here that killed two people claimed to be a "follower" of Osama bin Laden and said his intention was to sow terror, but they added that the suspect appears to be mentally ill.
(snip)

"He claimed to be a follower of Bin Laden, and said he came to Bolivia to sow terror," Fiorilo said of Lestat.

"During the questioning, he said to an officer present: 'Take out your gun and put a bullet in my head,'" said the prosecutor. He said Lestat "is a person who was looking for protagonism," and that the suspect requested that a television be brought to the interrogation room "to see what impact his deeds had caused." The request was granted.

Lestat "enjoyed seeing those images (of the damaged buildings). He asked: 'How many died?' And when we told him, he said, 'That's too few, because I wanted to kill a hundred in the first hotel and a hundred in the second,'" Fiorilo told the press.
(snip)

http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=11673

[MrPrax]

133. Kicked n/t

[Judi Lynn]

134. US Terrorist in Bolivia Prison

US Terrorist in Bolivia Prison

La Paz, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) US citizen Lestat Claudius de Orleans, the confessed bomber of two hotels in Bolivia, spent the night at the maximum security prison Chonchocoro near the capital.


Due to his confessions Lestat is charged of manslaughter and terrorism for which he could get 30 years in prison, but he now claims that he confessed under torture.

Yet he cleared his partner, Uruguayan Ala Riberiro, that was sent to a women´s prison.

Meanwhile, the US embassy is manipulating the case against the government of President Evo Morales claiming that linking Washington with the terrorist may hurt bilateral ties.

The US embassy threatens to interfere in the investigations and denies any political motivations in the attacks.

Bolivian intelligence is investigating several suspicious facts, like the use of easily traceable radio-taxi services and the speed of his arrest.
(snip/...)

~~~~ link ~~~~

[Judi Lynn]

135. New photo of the Uruguayan accomplice.....

Bolivian police search for motive behind twin hotel bombings
March 24, 2006

~snip~
The American suspect, reportedly an admirer of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, claimed his innocence in a brief encounter with reporters. "I did nothing," he said. "I'm not guilty."

His Uruguayan partner, who lashed out at him on Wednesday as she was taken away by police, continued her accusations on Thursday.

He "did this behind my back," said Riveiros, who described her partner as a very private man who "dragged me around wherever he went against my will."

Riveiros is known to many La Paz storekeepers as the model who posed nude next to crates of dynamite in printed material promoting the couple's business.

Prosecutor Carlos Fiorilo said that Claudius was not psychotic but "fully conscious of all of his acts."
(snip/...)

http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?ArticleID=276960&ChannelId=4



How DOES a man, who has been in juvenile homes throughout his yout', who appears to have never held any job long enough to be identified with it, travels continually wherever he wants with what seems to be absolutely no source of income? His companion doesn't really look like a dumpster-diver.

[hang a left]

136. How does he do it???

"....The patsies, dupes, useful idiots and fanatics are the scapegoats. (like Lee Harvey Oswald) The government officials are loyal to a private network and have to make certain that nobody interferes with the patsies beforehand. The professional killers shoot and leave."--Webster Tarpley

[Judi Lynn]

138. Sunday update: Bolivia Bomb Suspect 'Own Worst Enemy'

Bolivia Bomb Suspect 'Own Worst Enemy'
Northern California native served time in state youth and mental facilities and six months in Argentina for a 2005 blast at a bank.
By Patrick J. McDonnell and Lee Romney, Times Staff Writers
March 26, 2006

BUENOS AIRES — As a defiant youngster in rural California, he spat at a judge, spent years in juvenile lockups and psychiatric institutions and was suspected of blowing up a telephone booth.
(snip)

In comments to authorities, Amero said he never advanced beyond second grade and was kicked out of elementary school. "I absolutely despise formal academic curriculum," Amero declared in one statement. "I am a lone wolf, when it comes to studying."

He said he was committed to a psychiatric institution as a youth and diagnosed with a sociopathic personality disorder, among other maladies.

By age 14, he was questioned as a suspect in the bombing of a phone booth outside a market in the small town of Magalia. Much of his teenage years were spent in and out of juvenile detention sites, where he declared a "war of wills" between himself and authorities.
(snip/...)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-dynamite26mar26,0,3722073.story?coll=la-home-world