WORLD IN BRIEF : ARGENTINA : 2 Americans Held in Meteorite Probe
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Police seized two U.S. citizens who tried to make off with a 37-ton meteorite that has become a landmark of northern Argentina, a newspaper reported. La Nacion said that Jeffrey W. Smith, 31, and Robert Hagg, 33, both of Tucson, Ariz., were detained after police--told by residents that the meteorite was missing--became suspicious of a small convoy that included a heavy truck with a winch.
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