Lestat the vampire unibomber that caused strain in US/Bolivia relationship, dies.

[Othello Harrington]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23900415/

Sigh,

PAZ, Bolivia - A convicted hotel bomber from California who modeled himself on a fictional vampire has died after becoming ill in prison, officials said Tuesday.

Twenty-six-year-old Tristan Jay Amero was serving a 30-year sentence for bombing two low-rent hotels in the Bolivian capital of La Paz in 2006. Two Bolivians died in one of the attacks.

Juan Carlos Limpias, a senior official in the national prison service, said Amero complained of stomach pains Monday night in his cell and was taken to a hospital, where he died. An autopsy was being performed.

The native of Placerville, California, Amero adopted the name of Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo — a variation on a character in Anne Rice's vampire novels.

Also convicted in the bombings was Amero's Uruguayan girlfriend, Alda Ribeiro Costa, 47.

Kink in U.S.-Bolivia ties
Amero's case briefly caused a bizarre kink in Bolivian-U.S. relations when President Evo Morales referred to him as a terrorist.

"The U.S. government fights terrorism, and they send us terrorists," Morales declared shortly after Amero's arrest. U.S. officials denied any ties to Amero, and said the comment hurt relations with Bolivia.

No wonder the world hates us....

[Josh]

[Mykozo]

Currently listening to: Dead Milkmen - I Am The Walrus

[Othello Harrington]

Not familiar with this song, will try it out after work.

[Josh]

[Othello Harrington]

I counter your facepalm with a double facepalm

[Melf]

This thread started out bad, but as with everything else he touches, Patrick Stewart made it better.

[Pineapple]

picture of Josh driving

Real men don't need to see the road when they drive.

[Advocate]

Real men don't need to see the road when they drive.

nor Asians.

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