Saturday, March 27, 2004
News of the weird: UK military spelunkers caught without visas in Mexico
The Boston Globe, viaAP:
Military caving club.... Practicing for Tora Bora, perhaps?
As she spoke, federal officials from the immigration, foreign relations and military agencies were grilling 13 British citizens, several of them members of a military caving club [hey, maybe Condi can join?], about their activities at the vast Alpazat caverns in the Cuetzalan area.
The group was detained after six of them were rescued Thursday after more than a week trapped in an underground cavern.
Military caving club.... Practicing for Tora Bora, perhaps?
