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    U.S. tourist hacked to death by Guatemalan pirates

    US tourist hacked to death in Guatemala
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    By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA,Associated Press Writer AP - 1 hour 50 minutes ago

    GUATEMALA CITY - Robbers armed with machetes hacked a U.S. tourist to death and seriously wounded his wife in an attack aboard the couple's sailboat in northeastern Guatemala, the woman told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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    In a telephone interview from her hospital bed, Nancy Dryden, 67, said her husband, Daniel Perry Dryden, 66, was killed by four men who boarded their boat late Saturday while it was anchored in Lake Izabal.

    "They poked us and stabbed us with the machetes, and they were asking for money, specifically dollars," said Dryden, who was listed in stable condition at a hospital in the lakeside town of Morales.

    The thieves were apparently unhappy with the take. "We had a few quetzales (Guatemala's currency), but we had no dollars with us on the boat," Dryden recounted.

    The Drydens, who are retired and live near Anchorage, Alaska, had bought the boat in February. They were equipping the vessel in preparation for a voyage into the Caribbean and eventually to the eastern coast of the United States.

    Dryden said the four assailants may have reached the boat by swimming from shore and brandished long machetes that "seemed liked curved swords."

    After assaulting the couple, the men demanded she hand over the keys to the vessel, which has an auxiliary motor. When she didn't _ she was unable to tell whether they wanted the keys to the boat, or a small dinghy the couple used to get to shore _ the men left, also apparently by swimming.

    Dryden struggled over to the boat's radio and sent out a distress call. "I said we need help ... I said my husband was not moving," Dryden recalled.

    She said she expects her children to arrive in Guatemala Monday and plans to be transferred to the United States for medical care.

    Assistant Police Commissioner Luis Say said the attack is being investigated.

    Located near Guatemala's Caribbean coast, Lake Izabal is popular among tourists for its jungle scenery and wildlife.

    In March, protesting farmers briefly kidnapped four Belgian tourists at Lake Izabal to press for the release of a jailed activist. They were released unharmed.

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    Re: U.S. tourist hacked to death by Guatemalan pirates

    SAVAGES!!!
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    This kind of stuff has been going on for years, with little notice in the press. In the 1970s, Wooden Boat magazine had plenty of stories about piracy, and guess what, nothing in the press.
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    We don't have to travel to meet such scum....

    The low life scum pigs that sadistically butchered American citizens are one more example of the third world mentality that have invaded our country.

    Close the borders...enforce our laws...get illegals out..
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    Scary...I had a close relative who went with a philanthropic organization to Guatemala about six months ago and were "guests" of the government of Guatemala...they had to have police escorts everywhere they went including some of the schools and missions they were visiting (which were recipients of their fundraising efforts)...I was worried about my relative going there as the violent crime is out of control and any foreigners are the best targets.

    ....and these are the type of people that scurry into our country unchecked.....

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    Guatemalans live next door to me. They are much shorter and rounder than those from Mexico. They are more third world and least like to ever assimulate. They tell the police here that they can't touch them.
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    Located near Guatemala's Caribbean coast, Lake Izabal is popular among tourists for its jungle scenery and wildlife.
    NOT ANYMORE. NOW ITS POPULAR BY ITS EVIL KILLERS. STAY AWAY FROM GUATEMALA!
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    What a horrible story!! The sad thing is that if this couple had had the means to defend themselves against these third world thugs, they would have been thrown in some Guatemalan prison for who knows how long. It's just wrong!!!
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