HAMILTON — ʻEkolu mau Kanaka ma ke kikowaena o ka hoʻopiʻi kolohe a me ke aupuni ma Acapulco, Mekiko, ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻana a kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi Kanada a me ʻAmelika ua ʻaihue lākou e nā mākaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Geoff Walsh, 76, o Beamsville, Ont., he kāne Montreal a he kanaka ʻAmelika, ua ʻaihue ʻia lākou i ka pū e nā mākaʻi ʻehā i ka Pōʻakolu i hala.
Ua huli ʻo Mr. Walsh a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kahi keʻena mākaʻikaʻi aupuni e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻopiʻi i nā mākaʻi.
Akā, e like me nā hōʻike media Mekiko, ua hoʻāʻo ka luna o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi nāna i lawe i nā hoʻopiʻi a laila hoʻāʻo e ʻaihue i nā mākaʻi i manaʻo ʻia he 20,000 pesos ($1,860) i mea e nalowale ai nā hoʻopiʻi a ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua ʻike ʻia ke kumumanaʻo i ka wā i hoʻokomo ai ka luna wahine o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka mākaʻi hewa āna i manaʻo ai e mākaʻikaʻi ana ma ke kaona hoʻomaha i kēlā pō.
Wahi a ka nūpepa ʻo Acapulco ʻo El Sur Periodico Guerrero, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mākaʻi ʻehā mai ka mākaʻi kūloko o Acapulco e kali ana i kahi hoʻokolokolo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Walsh, ka mea e holo ana i kahi hale kūʻai alanui ma Beamsville, Ont., Ua lilo kāna huakaʻi hele i ka hebedoma ma Acapulco i moeʻuhane i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai ʻo ia e haʻalele i kāna hōkele ʻo El Tropicano ma kahi o 1:30 am e ʻimi i kahi pā kūloko.
"ʻEkolu wale nō mau poloka kaʻu i lohe ai i ka huki ʻana o kahi kaʻa ma koʻu ʻaoʻao, a laila huki maila kahi Jeep i mua oʻu," wahi āna. "ʻEhā mau mākaʻi i lele mai i waho, a kuhikuhi mai i kā lākou mau pū submachine iaʻu."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻōlelo nā luna ʻaʻahu, ʻekolu kāne a me hoʻokahi wahine, e kau i kona mau lima ma luna o kona poʻo.
"Hoʻokomo ka luna wahine i kona mau lima i loko o koʻu pālule a me kaʻu ʻeke pants a huki mai i 1,838 peso," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia he $170. "Ua ʻōlelo mai lākou iaʻu e hoʻopaʻa i koʻu mau lima i ka lewa, a laila hoʻi hou i kā lākou Jeep a holo."
ʻOiai ʻo ia e hoʻopiha ana i kahi palapala hoʻopiʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua komo mai kekahi ʻAmelika a hoʻopiʻi i ka pōā e nā mākaʻi ʻehā i kēlā pō.
Ua hele mai kekahi mau kāne mai Montreal me kahi moʻolelo like i mau minuke ma hope.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Walsh, ua lawe aku kekahi wahine mai ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi iā ia i ke keʻena mākaʻi kahi i noi ʻia ai lākou e ʻike i nā mea hoʻopiʻi.
“Ua lawe ʻia kahi makai wahine a me kekahi makai i loko o ka lumi. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Walsh ua kiʻi hou ʻia ʻo ia i ke keʻena makai i kēlā pō kahi i hōʻike ʻia aku ai kekahi luna wahine iā ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻike koke ʻo ia i kekahi o nā luna i powa iā ia.
Ua hōʻoia nā luna o ko nā ʻāina ʻē ma Kanada ua hoʻopili ʻo Mr. Walsh iā lākou, akā ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī hou aku. ʻAʻole i pane aku nā luna mai ka ʻelele Mekiko ma Ottawa.
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