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| | NAVY LEAVES WAKE OF POLLUTION AND PRISONERS IN VIEQUES |
 | | On the evening of April 30, 2003 thousands of the island's nearly 10,000 residents and visiting supporters were reveling at the gate of the abandoned bombing range, waiting to reclaim it at the stroke of midnight. |
 | | Since an errant bombing run in April, 1999 killed civilian Navy employee David Sanes, a campaign built on civil disobedience, resulting in more than 1,600 arrests and hundreds imprisoned, finally convinced the Navy to leave. |
 | | Scott Barbés, a friend of Sanes, moved to help and was grabbed by the marshals, handcuffed, and sentenced to 15 days in prison for contempt of court. |
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