LIMA: A helicopter carrying 11 South Koreans, two Austrians and a Peruvian pilot has gone missing in the mountains of southern Peru, police said on Thursday, as bad weather hampered the rescue mission. The helicopter left the city of Mazuco in the southeastern region of Madre de Dios late on Wednesday and set off across the Andes for the tourist hub of Cusco but never showed up at its destination. Read article
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A French citizen has died in a traffic accident that was presented at kilometer 32 of the road connecting the city of Ibague with Alvarado in the north of Tolima. The victim approximately 56 years, who was identified as Yvec Chavanel, going to the edge of a high-powered motorcycle, which collided with a truck. Authorities […]
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Two women were arrested by police after assaulting and robbing an American tourist in Palermo. The troops were able to arrest the mobile restaurant sectional 32nd, when they noticed that a young American on the street asking for help Borges. Read Article
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Three French tourists were killed Thursday and at least a dozen injured shortly after arriving in the Dominican Republic when the bus carrying them from the airport collided with a locomotive at the eastern end of the island, officials said. Amado Avila, director of Civil Defense in the tourist province of La Altagracia, said among […]
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High Mountain Unit of the National Police of Peru confirmed the death of 11 tourists (nine Korean and two Australians) and two crew of a helicopter that fell into a country’s Amazon region. The accident aircraft was found in the area called Pirhuayani after disappearing on the eve on his way Mazuco area in Madre […]
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An Ismael Andujar jumped from the 11th floor of a the Royal Caribbean hotel in Cancun Mexico, after writing with soap on the bathroom mirror: “I have taken much, I love you Jenna” and “I love you Jenna and peace to all “. The Attorney General of Justice (PGJ) reported that investigating officers interviewed Jenna […]
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An Australian man visiting Rio de Janiero has been placed under arrest after reportedly parachuting off a 39-story hotel roof and onto Copacabana beach. According to local police inspector Marcio Mendonca, the 41-year-old Aussie could face up to two years behind bars for charges of endangering the public and walking through the hotel by pretending […]
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Chagas disease, caused by parasites transmitted to humans by blood-sucking insects, has been named “the new AIDS of the Americas” in a lengthy editorial published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The authors, several of whom are tropical disease experts from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, argue that the dangerous spread of Chagas through this […]
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The American tourist died yesterday Julia Musailova Mindo in circumstances that remain unclear. Witnesses said the accident occurred while performing an extreme sport tourist. Norberto Strong, in his Twitter account @ quipus1 said that one of the cables ‘canopy’ broke. Read Article
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A new outbreak of Anthrax begins to worry the health authorities in La Guajira, following the report of 60 animals killed and three people with skin lesions in a rural area of Manaure. Humans are affected out of danger and discharged, to receive medical care in hospitals and Maicao Manaure after presenting hands and neck […]
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