Pirate Attack In Venezuelan Waters

Created by jimmy. Last modified on 2007-03-27 10:21:48
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Topic: Piracy Archive 2003

Noonsite's Roving Editor Tom Muller sent us the following report:

On 10 January 2003 a Spanish sailing boat was stopped by a little speed boat 3 miles off the Venezuela coast at "Cabo Tres Puntas". The pirates were all masked, all armed with pistols and machetes and one even had a machine gun which was believed to be an "UZI".

The two Spanish sailors were held at gunpoint when the pirates searched the boat. Only cash money and credit cards were stolen. Luckily, nobody was injured.

People who know Venezuela better than us believe that these were organized pirates, who knew the procedure of yachts waiting behind "Cabo tres Puntas" before carrying on east through the night when the wind is light close to the coast.