British cavers held by Mexican authorities

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=505461

When Operation Cuetzalan Tiger swung into action early last week, its aim was to provide a group of off-duty British soldiers, sailors and airmen with a month of quiet exploration of the darkest reaches of Mexico.

By yesterday what had started as an "adventurous training exercise" of Latin America's largest cavern complex by a joint-services caving club had become what one Foreign Office official in London bluntly described as a "diplomatic dog's breakfast".

The 13 members of the British team, including six men who had to be rescued from the remote Alpazat cave system after becoming trapped for eight days by flood water, were last night being "interviewed" by immigration officials after the Mexican government ordered they be taken to a detention centre in Mexico City.

The official inquiry into whether they have broken Mexican visa laws capped a calamitous week which put the hitherto low-profile Combined Services Caving Association at the centre of full-blown international incident complete with a rebuke from a president and allegations of clandestine uranium prospecting.

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[Trajan]

1. Bush will have to now attack Britain ...

to uphold the Monroe Doctrine ...

CANT have those damned euro's playin in our backyard, ya know ....

THAT uranium belongs to TEXAS, damnit !

[burrowowl]

2. LOL

Yes and the OAS is suppose to defend members against foreign invasions.

[sal]

3. can we expect a group of Navy Seals, Green Berets, and Army Rangers

to be found innocently enjoying thier free time bird watching in Venezuela?

[coda]

4. Boy, the Mexicans are truly pissed. And BTW, has anybody ever tried

any grilled caver? :-) That Mexican justice system is fierce and swift.


BBC News
Mexico grills British cavers

Houston Chronicle - 50 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY -- Immigration officials grilled British cavers for more than eight hours Friday,


http://news.google.com/url?ntc=0M1C0&q=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2469964

[toopers]

5. I do find it humorous

that the Mexican government is worried about British people breaking Mexican Visa laws -- and somewhat hypocritical.

[saigon68]

6. I agree I have opinions on that too

I will be banned if I share them.

One only needs to look at the list of repuke campaign donors who own meat packing plants and then see who shows up for work at the plants in the morning to get an idea of what is going on.