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Sat 04 Apr 2009Online tributes for Irishman
The Facebook page of Michael Dwyer was still active today amid confirmation that the 24-year-old was one of those killed in a Bolivian shoot-out on Thursday.
Mr Dwyer was one of three people killed in a hotel room gun battle in the city of Santa Cruz in mysterious circumstances. He stands accused by Bolivian authorities of having been part of a gang plotting to kill Bolivian president Evo Morales while his family in Tipperary said they were "shocked and devastated by the tragic death of a beloved son and brother".
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