The American Vampire Terrorist

American 'vampire' jailed for Bolivia blasts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2246038,00.html

FROM: Claire Truscott and agencies Thursday January 24, 2008 Guardian Unlimited

Excerpts:

"A Californian eccentric who named himself after a literary vampire has been jailed for bombing two hotels in Bolivia. Triston Jay Amero, 26, goes by the name Lestat Claudius de Orleans y Montevideo, a variation on an Anne Rice vampire character. Amero was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 years in prison without parole for bombing two La Paz hotels in 2006, which left two people dead and strained delicate Bolivia-US relations."

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"Amero, who has called for the murder of those who support the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, maintains his innocence. The crime has fuelled Morales's suspicions of the US and accused Amero of being part of a larger US plot to destabilise his leftist government."

"The US government fights terrorism, and they send us terrorists," Morales said shortly after Amero's arrest.
US officials deny any ties to Amero and claim such comments have hurt Bolivian ties. According to US court documents, Amero has received psychiatric treatment since he was seven. He spent time at a juvenile detention centre and often made threats of suicide and violence against authorities. Amero has been a fantasist since a young age. In earlier travels through south America he described himself as a Saudi Arabian lawyer, a pagan high priest, and a public notary."