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Mario Canedo, the Exploding-Goggles Assailant
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Carlos Cabezas Lopez on 08 May, 2007 11:00:00
 
His plan was to pass off another girl as Lorena and fake her kidnapping, so that
they could both cash the policy. The manager of the insurance company confirmed
that on two occasions they presented themselves in his office as a couple, so
it didnt seem strange to him that they were the beneficiaries of each others
policies.
Not long after, in December of 2003, Mario manufactured a homemade explosive
and hid it in some goggles, like those used in tanning beds. He convinced
Lorena to accompany him to the Gijón campus. He told her that he had had
problems with some university students and needed to find his vehicle in order
to get back at them.
He showed her the goggles and told her they were fitted with a tracking system.
When they got to an isolated spot and Lorena put on the rigged goggles, Mario
fled the scene and activated the detonator of the bomb.
Fortunately, part of the device set in the frame of the goggles failed and
Lorena escaped with her life, but suffered grave injuries over all her body and
her mangling her right hand.
At first Lorena was afraid to report Mario and told the police that what had
exploded in her hand was a gumball she found on the ground. But she confessed
the truth to her ex-boyfriend and Mario Canedo was arrested.
During the police search of Mario C.s house, numerous blank and
nine-millimeter cartridges were found, from which the gunpowder could have been
extracted to manufacture the explosive. In addition to electrical tape y a
welding apparatus, there were also found various types of goggles.
Lorena herself and others who knew Mario declared that he was a habitual user
of hashish and cocaine. Some sources even cited the youths high style of
living, something made possible by his alleged drug trafficking business.
By Carlos Cabezas López