BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (UPI) About 45 armed members of a coastguard unit mutinied and abandoned their base Thursday because ofreports that their November paychecks would be late, the DefenseMinistry and news agencies said.
The official news agency Telam said the rebels fled to anunknown destination and remained at large.
The Defense Ministry said the unit, the Albatross Squadron, isused to intercept drug traffickers. It denied reports that the unitsaw action in the Falkland Islands war of 1982. Falkland warveterans have been a source of military discontent over poor pay andlost prestige following Argentina's defeat.
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