Update on Interesting News Story

This just in....an update on the news story about the men stuck in the Guatemala City Airport. A Bhutanese reporter in the U.S. heard about the story and offered to help. So armed with a cell phone, a reporter from Prensa Libre got permission from the police to talk to the three stranded men. The men remained silent despite the involvement of translators from Nepal, China, India, and Bangladesh. For an unknown reason they talked to the Bhutanese reporter even though it turns out that they are from Nepal. They are (rightly so) terrified, but the reporter got some of the story. The three men worked at a Nepalese hotel and were approached by a man who said he could get them to Canada. They flew to Singapore on their own and were met by a man who was to accompany them to Canada. Upon arriving in Guatemala, however, the man disappeared with their passports, money, and baggage. Apparently the claimed that they were from Bhutan because Canada has a refugee program for people from Bhutan. A short note at the bottom of the article reports that the newspaper had bought airline tickets to bring the Bhutanese reporter to Guatemala and that the man who arranged everything was fired by the airport.