SEA SHEPHERD OFFICER ARRESTED IN GALAPAGOS Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - "Andrew Christie" 31 AUGUST 8:O5 P.M. PST SEA SHEPHERD LIAISON OFFICER SEAN O'HEARN GIMENEZ HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS BEING HELD BY POLICE IN PUERTO AYORA, GALAPAGOS. CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON AFFIRMS OCEAN WARRIOR IS STANDING BY AND WILL REMAIN IN PUERTO AYORA AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO ASSURE O'HEARN'S SAFETY. POLICE WILL NOT SAY ON WHAT CHARGE O'HEARN IS BEING HELD NOR IF HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME. O'HEARN'S NAME WAS FORGED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON OCEAN WARRIOR CREW MANIFEST IN ATTEMPT TO RETURN HIM TO THE SHIP AND DEPORT HIM. AN ATTEMPT TO DO SO WAS ABANDONED AT 7:30 P.M. PST AND O'HEARN WAS RETURNED TO SHORE. OCEAN WARRIOR WILL NOT LEAVE GALAPAGOS WITHOUT ASSURANCE OF SAFETY OF SEAN O'HEARN FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR. OCEAN WARRIOR HAS BEEN IN CONTACT THIS EVENING WITH U.S. EMBASSY IN QUITO AND CONSULATE OFFICER IN GUYAQUIL. NATIONALS FROM U.S., CANADA, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, BRAZIL, AND FINLAND ARE CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD OCEAN WARRIOR. CONTACT: Senor Gustavo Noboa Presidente de la Republica del Ecuador Fax: 593-2-580-735 E-mail: despresi@presidencia.ec-gov.net IN THE USA Ivonne A-Baki The Embassy of Ecuador 2535 15th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009 Tel: 202- 234-7200 Fax 202- 667-3482 E-Mail: mecuawaa@erols.com IN CANADA The Embassy of Ecuador 50 O Connor St., Suite 113 Ottawa, ON K1P 6L2 Tel: 613-563-8206 Fax: 613-235-5776 E-mail: mecuacan@sprint.ca IN EUROPE The Embassy of Ecuador Koninginnegracht 84 2514 AL Den Haag, Netherlands E-mail: embecua@bart.nl ==== Sea Shepherd Conservation Society 22774 Pacific Coast Hwy. Malibu, CA 90265 Tel.(310) 456-1141 Fax.(310) 456-2488 http://www.seashepherd.org seashepherd@seashepherd.org ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytenv-09.01.01-19:40:03-27211