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Man mauled after jumping into tiger pit at New York's Bronx Zoo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Siberian tiger critically injured a man who jumped into the big cat's den at New York's Bronx Zoo on Friday, retreating only after emergency workers scared it off with a fire extinguisher.
The man, 25, was riding the zoo's elevated monorail in the afternoon and leapt from a car, clearing a fence around the tiger enclosure, according to a statement from the zoo.
He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. His condition was later upgraded to stable, a spokeswoman for the Jacobi Medical Center said.
Zoo and fire officials said the man received bites or puncture wounds on his arms, legs and shoulder during the roughly 10 minutes he was alone with the tiger.
"One leg was severely injured," said Frank Dwyer, a fire department spokesman, although he could not confirm early reports the man lost a foot in the incident.
In rescuing the man, the zoo's emergency workers used a fire extinguisher to repel the tiger, then ordered the man to roll under an electrified perimeter wire to safety. The staff had been prepared to use deadly force if necessary, zoo director Jim Breheny told a televised news conference.
"If not for the quick response by our staff and their ability to perform well in emergency situations, the outcome would have been very different," the zoo said.
The tiger involved is an 11-year-old, 400-pound (180-kg) male named Bachuta, Breheny said. The director said the zoo would review the incident but would not put the tiger down or take it out of the exhibit.
Breheny said the incident was "just an extraordinary event that happened because somebody was trying to endanger themselves."
"The tiger did nothing wrong in this case at all," he said.
In July, tigers at a zoo in Copenhagen killed a man who scaled a fence and crossed a moat to get into their den, and wolves at Sweden's largest zoo killed a zookeeper in their enclosure in June.
(Additional reporting by Emily Flitter and Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Peter Cooney)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/man-jumps-tiger-pit-yorks-bronx-zoo-gets-021121021.html
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Guatemalan massacre suspect extradited to US
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A former Guatemalan soldier accused of being involved in a 1982 massacre during that country's civil war was extradited Friday to California where he faces immigration fraud charges.
Jose Sosa Orantes was brought to the U.S. from Canada, where he fled after American officials began investigating allegations that he was a war criminal who had lied to U.S. officials to become a naturalized citizen.
Authorities allege Sosa pretended he had never served on the Guatemalan military unit he had helped command.
Sosa, who lived for many years in Southern California as a martial arts instructor, was charged with one count each of false statement relating to naturalization and procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully. If convicted of both counts, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
According to a 2009 federal grand jury indictment, the unit known as the "kaibiles" stormed a village in Guatemala to track down suspected guerrillas who had stolen military weapons. Sosa and about 40 other soldiers allegedly killed men, women and children during the search.
Among other methods, the victims were bludgeoned and thrown into a well. Many women and girls were raped before being killed, according to the indictment.
"Although he's not being charged with any war crimes here in the United States, our investigation is a very thorough investigation and we do gather evidence on his actual foreign crimes and it's our endeavor to share that with any foreign entity charging him," said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's homeland security investigations in Los Angeles.
Sosa is also wanted in Guatemala to face charges for the massacre.
Guatemala's civil war claimed at least 200,000 lives before it ended in 1996. The U.S.-backed army was responsible for most of the deaths, according to a truth commission set up to investigate the bloodshed.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/guatemalan-massacre-suspect-extradited-us-025901850.html
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