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FBI man hurt in raid

HORMIGUEROS (PUERTO RICO): A gun battle erupted on Friday as FBI agents surrounded the hideout of a Puerto Rican nationalist leader wanted for a 1983 robbery of $7 million from an armoured truck, and at least one agent was wounded, police said. Radio and television stations reported that Filiberto Ojeda Rios, who has been in hiding for 15 years, has been captured or killed. A law enforcement agent and an independent movement source told the Associated Press he was killed around 3 p.m. local time on Friday. There was no official confirmation. The robbery of the Wells Fargo depot in Connecticut is considered an act of domestic terrorism because it allegedly was carried out by members of the Puerto Rican nationalist Macheteros. Ojeda Rios, leader of the Macheteros, is wanted for the robbery. — AP

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