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Irish investigate Bolivian death Diplomats liaise on Bolivia death
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Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs is expected to confirm that an Irish man in his 20s who was killed in Bolivia was from Tipperary. Diplomats from Ireland are liaising with Bolivian authorities over the death of a 25-year-old Irishman killed during a shoot-out with police.
Reports from Bolivia said Michael Martin Dwyer was one of three men killed when police foiled an alleged plot to kill president Evo Morales. The Bolivian authorities said Michael Martin Dwyer was one of three men killed when police foiled an alleged plot to kill president Evo Morales.
Officers attempted to arrest the men, but they fled to a hotel where a shootout took place, police said.
An official from the Irish embassy in Argentina has travelled to La Paz.An official from the Irish embassy in Argentina has travelled to La Paz.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said Mr Dwyer's family had contacted them after media reports named their son.
Michael Dwyer, from Tipperary, was killed in a police raidMichael Dwyer, from Tipperary, was killed in a police raid
Graphic images of the man believed to be Mr Dwyer were published in the Bolivian press.
Confusion surrounds the precise nature of events surrounding the shooting and the nationalities of those killed.
It is understood the Irish foreign department is offering help and support to his family.It is understood the Irish foreign department is offering help and support to his family.
A page on a social networking site which belonged to the dead man has been taken down. A page on a social networking site which belonged to Mr Dwyer man has been taken down.
On another social networking site he is listed as a friend of one of the other dead men, Eduardo Rozsa Flores.On another social networking site he is listed as a friend of one of the other dead men, Eduardo Rozsa Flores.
Tributes have been left on the site by friends and family.Tributes have been left on the site by friends and family.
On one of the sites he listed among his interests, pistol shooting and airsoft, a plastic-pellet firing combat game. He is pictured wearing combat fatigues.On one of the sites he listed among his interests, pistol shooting and airsoft, a plastic-pellet firing combat game. He is pictured wearing combat fatigues.
Three men, one of whom was identified by state media as Irish, were killed. Three men died and two were arrested in the eastern city of Santa Cruz after police fought a gun battle with what Bolivian authorities described as a "mercenary gang".
The other two suspects were Hungarian and Bolivian. Two other people were arrested. Police said two of the five fought for Croatian independence after the break-up of former Yugoslavia. The three others are said to be Irish, Romanian and Hungarian.
The gun battle took place in Santa Cruz, an eastern Bolivian city and hub of anti-Morales sentiment.The gun battle took place in Santa Cruz, an eastern Bolivian city and hub of anti-Morales sentiment.
The Associated Press news agency reported that Bolivian officials were investigating who financed the alleged plot. Police commander General Victor Hugo Escobar said the group had been monitored for some time and that police had seized an arsenal, personal computers containing city plans of Santa Cruz and La Paz, the capital, and a list of possible targets.
Police commander General Victor Hugo Escobar said one of those killed had commanded a brigade in the Balkans in the 1990s during the break-up of former Yugoslavia. He said prosecutors were now seeking "clear and concrete information".
He said the group had been monitored for some time and that police had seized an arsenal, personal computers containing city plans of Santa Cruz and La Paz, the capital, and a list of possible targets. Although originally from Ballinderry in County Tipperary it is believed Mr Dwyer was a recent graduate and had lived in Galway.
Local Tipperary Fine Gael councillor Ger Darcy said the close-knit rural community was stunned by the news.
"There is complete shock. It's bad enough to lose a son or a daughter without it being under these circumstances," he said.