Word: croix
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands--Hundreds of heavily armed military police and FBI agents arrived yesterday at St. Croix to help stop looting that has plagued the island since it was ravaged by Hurricane Hugo...
...Marine Radio Band, monitored on nearby St. Thomas, said two looters had been shot in St. Croix, which is the largest and most populous island of the chain. However, there was no word of their condition or independent confirmation...
President Bush ordered Army troops to St. Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands after National Guards members and police reportedly joined prison escapees and others in wild looting. Armed Coast Guard crewmen also went ashore to help restore order...
Chaos reigned on St. Croix, as police and National Guard soldiers joined machete-armed mobs on a post-Hugo looting spree. Gunshots were fired, and ham radio operators heard reports that inmates had either escaped or been released because of prison damage and were looting...
Alexander Farrelly, governor of the U.S. VirginIslands, asked Bush to authorize use of troops torestore order on St. Croix, said White Housespokesperson Roman Popadiuk...