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3 escaped inmates from Grenada charged with murder after US sailing couple vanishes

Mar. 07, 2024 16:14 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three escaped inmates from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada were charged in the killing of a U.S. couple whose catamaran they hijacked, police said Thursday. Ron Mitchell, a 30-year-old sailor; Atiba Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer; and Trevon...

3 men suspected in the disappearance of a US sailing couple ordered deported from St. Vincent

Mar. 05, 2024 00:30 AM EST

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — Three men from Grenada suspected in the disappearance of a U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked were ordered deported from St. Vincent on Monday. The men, Trevon Robertson, a 19-year-old unemployed man; Abita Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer and...

Here's what to know about a US couple missing in the Caribbean

Feb. 27, 2024 15:31 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran Simplicity more than a week ago when police say it was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada. ...

US couple whose catamaran was hijacked were likely thrown overboard and died, Grenada police say

Feb. 27, 2024 02:51 AM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week in the Caribbean by three escaped prisoners were presumed dead and likely had been thrown into the ocean, police said Monday. The accounts by police in Grenada and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines...

Grenada police say a US couple whose catamaran was hijacked by three prisoners were likely thrown overboard and died

Feb. 26, 2024 10:47 AM EST
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Grenada police say a US couple whose catamaran was hijacked by three prisoners were likely thrown overboard and died.

Caribbean officials search for 2 people who were on yacht allegedly hijacked by 3 escaped prisoners

Feb. 24, 2024 16:57 PM EST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the eastern Caribbean said they were trying to locate two people believed to be U.S. citizens who were aboard a yacht that was hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada. The Royal Grenada Police Force said in a statement released...

UN climate chief's blunt message: Fewer loopholes, way more cash to really halt climate change

Feb. 02, 2024 08:36 AM EST

To keep Earth from overheating too much, the nations of the world need to put fewer loopholes in climate agreements and far more money — trillions of dollars a year — into financial help for poor nations, the United Nations climate chief said Friday. In an unusual and blunt...