Irish 'involved' in Bolivia 'assassination attempt'

[toxic avenger]

Sorry, in plainer English, I think they pulled the wrong fellow from the photo.

The Irish Times has a piece on the shock in Ballinderry:

Mr D’Arcy said: “As far as I know, Michael was on holiday in Bolivia with a friend. He was staying in a hostel there and I heard it was raided and he was shot.” He came from “a very respectable family, was a hard worker and a nice guy. I had a lot of time for him and he had a lot of time for me”, he continued.
“He was into travelling and the last time I was talking to him was a few months ago when he was working with his father who is an electrician. I know his family well and Michael and I used to travel on the same school bus together.”
Ronan Donoghue (20) from the nearby village of Coolbawn, who was working behind the bar in the tavern last night, said everyone in the area was very upset about the news. Mr Donoghue, who also knows the Dwyer family, said he was shocked by news reports.
A young man in Ballinderry who did not wish to be named said “reports that Mr Dwyer might be a mercenary were simply unbelievable.
“They are saying he was planning an assassination, but, far from planning an assassination he wouldn’t plan his own birthday.”

'A lovely guy, a very decent reasonable character' - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 18, 2009

[pete2]

Whats known about brit SIS involvement at this stage? Any economic or industrial activities in that region the brit are interested in?

[Iwillin Mebollox]

In fairness, is the below not a suit?

That was for his inauguration.

[toxic avenger]

Whats known about brit SIS involvement at this stage? Any economic or industrial activities in that region the brit are interested in?

There's no suggestion of any such. He seems to have just been a young Tipp fellow with notions and bad friends, nothing else.

[Eorna]

Well The examiner is saying that he may have been at one stage in the British army. At this stage it is all in air, and we should let it settle over the weekend, irregardless of his past endeavours, and as far as I have read, he was a decent man may he rest in peace.

[PoliticalRealist]

That was for his inauguration.

But you claimed "I don't think Evo Morales ever wore a suit in his life.", obviously he did..once

[marmurr1916]

There's no suggestion of any such. He seems to have just been a young Tipp fellow with notions and bad friends, nothing else.

That seems like a fair summary.

Flores seems to have been obsessed with war and violence; his YouTube page describes him as an "international war correspondent-turned-platoon-leader in the defense of a mixed-population village in Croatia...".

He acted in a 2006 "hungarian, croatia, chilean feature film "Chico" , about the war in Croatia and about the life of a revolutionaire withouth frontiers".

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBWbDXhNrHo"]YouTube - Eduardo Rozsa Flores in Chico[/ame]

[toxic avenger]

From the Irish Times front page:

Family member confirms the identity of man killed in Bolivia - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 18, 2009

[bogtrotter]

I feel sorry for his family, what a silly young man....

[PoliticalRealist]

They have said the deceased’s Irish passport was found among his personal items after he and two of his associates were fatally wounded in what they said was a shoot-out with police in a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz on Thursday morning.

Two other suspects – accused of being part of a group of mercenaries hired to kill president Evo Morales – were arrested and taken in for questioning.

It might be possible that the lad was in the wrong place with the wrong time. Could have been in the same hotel as the two suspected terrorists or even drinking with them. Its not that unusual, I've drank with people I've no notion about in many foreign places or shared a hotel with them.

Its a very strange case. Condolences to his family.