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Posted By: Lan Sluder/Belize First Tour Bus Incident near Tikal - 03/31/04 07:11 PM
FYI: As the below story from Prensa Libre reports, 18 Americans in a tour bus near Tikal were stopped and robbed by four armed bandits on March 30. Under the new administration in Guatemala, things are getting better ... but unfortunately incidents like this still happen in the Peten.

--Lan Sluder

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Asaltan a turistas en Petén

Por : Rigoberto Escobar López

Sujetos armados despojaron de dinero y objetos de valor a 18 estadounidenses, en la ruta al Parque Nacional Tikal, ayer.

Ovidio Aldana Fajardo, jefe de la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC), en Petén, confirmó lo anterior y añadió que de inmediato se ordenó el rastreo de los cuatro presuntos asaltantes en las cercanías de la aldea El Caoba, Flores, en el kilómetro 36, ruta a Tikal.

Las víctimas se conducían en el microb�s de la empresa Servicios Turísticos de Petén (STP), placas C-85828, guiado por Pedro Espinoza Peña.

Seguridad

Rudel Alvarez, operador de turismo, lamentó el hecho y pidió a la Policía que dé más seguridad a los visitantes extranjeros.
Posted By: Islenutt Re: Tour Bus Incident near Tikal - 03/31/04 10:01 PM
This rough translation might be helpful for a mostly English speaking board...

They assault tourists in Petén
By: Rigoberto Field of Broom Lopez
Armed subjects undressed of money and objects of value to 18 Americans, in the route to the National Park Tikal, yesterday. Ovid Aldana Fajardo, head of Polici'a Nacional Civil (PNC), in Petén, confirmed the previous thing and added that immediately the tracking of the four presumed attackers in the neighborhoods of the village was ordered the Mahogany, Flowers, in kilometer 36, route to Tikal. The victims conducted in the microbus of Tourist the Servicios company of Petén (STP), C-85828 plates, guided by Pedro Espinoza Rock.
Security Rudel Alvarez, operator of tourism, lamented the fact and requested to the Police that gives more security to the foreign visitors.
That's the problem with those pesky machine translations!

--Lan Sluder
Posted By: Islenutt Re: Tour Bus Incident near Tikal - 03/31/04 10:57 PM
Yep - but most people get the drift...
:rolleyes:
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