Local Financier Takes his Own Life
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Roy Taylor, principal of the Vault, shoots himself
during raid
The much
expected raid on "The Vault" took place
yesterday morning a little after 10am at the firm's
main offices in San Jose and other points that
included Jaco Beach and Naranjo.
Roy
Taylor, 59, the major principal in the
business, committed suicide in the early
afternoon, some 5 hours after the commencement
of the raid, when he asked for permission to
use the bathroom.
Initial reports indicate that he used a small
caliber weapon take his own life - a
double barrel derringer, one of two he is to
have been accustomed to have on his person at
all times. The event occurred sometime before
3pm.
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Teacher's Strike Continues: Day
24
The
impasse between teachers and the Government
continues. It is unclear what and if any sanctions
the Government will apply to teachers who refuse to
return to classrooms.
Ex-Politician
Pleads Guilty in Drug Case
A former Danish parliament member pleaded
guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a
drugs-for-weapons deal federal prosecutors say he
helped broker with Colombian paramilitary forces.
Uwe Jensen, 67, pleaded
guilty to conspiracy to support foreign terrorists
and to distribute cocaine. Defense attorney Erik
Sunde said details of the plea deal were
confidential.
Jensen faces 10 years to
life in prison at sentencing Sept. 18.
Jensen, who lives in
suburban Houston, was arrested Nov. 5 at about the
same time three Colombians were detained in Costa
Rica. One of those defendants, Carlos Ali Romero
Varela, earlier pleaded guilty to the same charges
and will be sentenced July 17.
The government maintains
that Jensen and Romero facilitated a deal between
an undercover FBI operative and the two other men.
The $25 million deal involved exchanging
Russian-made weapons for cocaine and cash.
The other defendants, Elkin
Alberto Arroyave Ruiz and Edgar Fernando Blanco
Puerta, are allegedly members of the United
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, which the State
Department considers a terrorist group. The U.S.
government says the group finances itself with
drug trade profits.
The two men are in Costa
Rica, pending an appeal of an order for their
extradition to the United States.
Jensen sat in the country's
parliament from 1975 to 1979, including a stint in
the European Parliament from 1977-78. He declined
to seek re-election and eventually became a U.S.
citizen.
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