(American) 'Vampire' man jailed in Bolivia

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 17:54 GMT
'Vampire' man jailed in Bolivia

An American man who took the name of a fictional vampire has been sentenced to 30 years for bombing two hotels in La Paz, according to Bolivian state media.
Triston Jay Amero, 26, carried out the attacks with his Uruguayan ex-girlfriend, Alda Ribeiro Costa, 47.

Two people died in the blasts in March 2006. Costa must also serve 30 years, the maximum penalty, for her part.

Amero goes by the name Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo, a vampire in a novel by American author Anne Rice.



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US citizen gets 30 years in jail for Bolivia bombings
La Paz, January 24, 2008
First Published: 17:15 IST(24/1/2008)
Last Updated: 17:18 IST(24/1/2008)

A Bolivian court has handed down a 30-year prison term to a US citizen responsible for March 2006 bombings in La Paz that left two people dead, Spanish news agency EFE reported on Thursday.

Lestat Claudio de Orleans will not be eligible for parole and must serve his sentence at Chonchocoro prison in the Andean highlands, the court ruled.

His Uruguayan girlfriend Alda Ribeiro, a partner in the crime, was also sentenced to 30 years in prison, the report quoted ABI news agency as saying Wednesday.

On March 21, 2006, a dynamite bomb detonated by the two at Linares Hotel in La Paz killed two people and wounded four.

A second explosive device planted at the Riosinho hotel was detected by an employee, and 19 guests were evacuated before the bomb went off. Four people were injured in the explosion.

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Bolivia: American gets 30 years for terrorism and murder

ABI
Enero 24, 2008, 10:35 EST

La Paz, Bolivia --
A Bolivian Court sentenced the United States citizen Lestat Claudius and his former girlfriend Uruguayan woman Alda Ribero Costa to 30 years of imprisonment without pardon this last Tuesday for crimes of terrorism and murder. Both of them planned and executed in 2006 deadly explosives at two hotels in Bolivia.

After a trial that lasted three months Lestat Claudius de Orleans, 26, was sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment for crimes of terrorism and murder along with Alda Ribero Costa, 47, for being Lestat's accomplice with the explosives.

Bolivian police arrested the US citizen and the Uruguayan woman for being behind the deadly explosions of two small hotels in the centre of La Paz where two persons were killed.

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http://www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%20in%20English/Bolivia/61406.html