Head locks in the international news.
Take care,
Brian
(I turn 49 this year so stories about 70 year old guys "taking care of business" really brightens my day.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/costa_rica_tourist_mugging

Feb 23 2007
U.S. tourist in Costa Rica kills mugger
By MARIANELA JIMENEZ, Associate Press Writer1 hour, 36 minutes ago

An American senior citizen killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands, and his traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended of two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said.

A retired member of the U.S. military aged about 70 put suspect Warner Segura in a head lock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus, Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose, said Thursday. Segura was later declared dead, apparently from asphyxiation.

The two other men fled when the 12 senior citizens started defending themselves during the Wednesday attack. Afterward, the tourists drove Segura to the Red Cross where he was declared dead. The Red Cross also treated one of the tourists for an anxiety attack, Hernandez said.

The tourists left on their Carnival cruise ship after the incident and Hernandez said authorities do not plan to press any charges against them.

"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," he said.

Beautiful.

LMAO @ Tim's response.

Well done the 70 year old guy, as far as I'm concerned. Anyone who commits an unprovoked armed attack deserves whatever happens to him - one more piece of useless garbage has been removed from the world.