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Fri 04 Apr 2009Alleged Irish link to Bolivia plot
A senior official from the Irish embassy in Argentina is to travel to Bolivia this afternoon in an attempt to clarify reports that an Irishman was killed in during a police operation yesterday.
Three men belonging to a group that allegedly included gunmen from Ireland, Hungary and Croatia died in a 30-minute gun battle with police who foiled an alleged plot to assassinate president Evo Morales, Bolivian government officials said yesterday.
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