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Three violent crime suspects might have killed two people aboard a yacht, possibly Americans, during an escape from Grenada to St. 2 Americans believed dead after 3 Grenadian escapees hijacked ...
Two Americans "are presumed deceased" after they vanished from their yacht in Grenada, leaving behind evidence of a bloody struggle, police in nearby St. Vincent and the Grenadines said Monday ...
Family describes violent scene left behind on missing American couple’s yacht after alleged hijacking in Grenada Sharif Paget, Chris Boyette and Polo Sandoval, CNN February 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
The U.S. government accused Grenada of constructing facilities to aid a Soviet-Cuban military buildup in the Caribbean. The accusation was based on the fact that the new airport's 9,000-foot (2,700 m) runway would be able to accommodate the largest Soviet aircraft, such as the An-12 , An-22 , and An-124 .
On 25 October 1983, the vanguard of 7,600 troops from the United States, and 350 from the Caribbean Peace Force, invaded Grenada, encountering resistance from the People's Revolutionary Army. On the morning before the invasion, the PRAF mustered a permanent force of 463 men, supplemented by 257 militia and 58 untrained NJM party members. [ 11 ]
On October 25, 1983, the United States, Barbados, Jamaica and members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States landed on Grenada, defeated Grenadian and Cuban resistance and overthrew the military government of Hudson Austin. [1] The U.S-led invasion was spearheaded at dawn by Army Rangers, Navy SEALs, Marines and other elite
Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry are "presumed deceased" after they vanished from their yacht in Grenada on Feb. 18, police in nearby St. Vincent and the Grenadines said on Feb. 26.
The news spread immediately and the entire population soon became aware of the crisis. The confusion was then extreme in Grenada: Bernard Coard, in an attempt to repair Strachan's blunder and calm the supporters of Maurice Bishop, announced his resignation, but other information presented him as still being in power.