SHOT BY BORDER PATROL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19623, 18 October 1933, Page 7

SHOT BY BORDER PATROL

TRAGEDY IN SOUTH AMERICA TWO LEADING BRAZILIANS KILLED United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received October 17. 11.15 p.m.) SANTO TOME. October 17. Four Brazilians, including two men related to the Brazilian presidential family, were killed on Sunday night, when the Argentine border patrol, repulsed a launch crossing the Uruguay river from Brazil. The dead include: Agi Vargas, nephew of President Vargas. Abbon Motta. cousin of the President’s wife. A German-born owner of the launch, whose name is given as Rosenbeck. The launch pilot. The border guard said that the launch was carrying a group of men from Santorjan, armed with rifles and machine-guns, believed to have been seeking the release of men held in connection with the kidnapping of a Brazilian political refugee. Colonel Juan Garcia Cunha, on September 18. GRAVE THREAT TO HERMONY INVESTIGATION ORDERED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyrlgnt (Received October 17, 11.15 p.m.i BUENOS AIRES. October 17. The Argentine Government, on Monday night, cabled its Ambassador in Rio De Janeiro, to present Argentina’s condolences to Brazil over the frontier incident on Sunday. The Ministry of Marine has ordered an investigation. Official circles recognised the incident as a grave threat to the harmony between Brazil and Argentina.