Lawyers file motions seeking Aruban court order freeing two held in case of missing teen
ORANJESTAD - Lawyers for two former hotel security guards detained more than a week in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway filed motions in court Monday arguing there isn't any evidence against them and they should be released.
The move came a day after the Alabama teen's mother said she didn't think the two men had anything to do with the disappearance. She said authorities on this Dutch Caribbean island should concentrate on three other young men also being held in the investigation.
A judge was expected to review the petitions for Antonius "Mickey" John, 30, and Abraham Jones, 28, within a few days, said John's lawyer, Noraina Pietersz.
Powerful quake rattles Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile - A powerful earthquake rattled northern Chile Monday causing alarm in some desert towns but there were no immediate reports on victims or major damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the preliminary magnitude was 7.9, while Chile's Emergency Bureau said it registered at 5.6. There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy. The quake struck at 6:54 p.m.
Deputy Interior Minister Jorge Correar said the epicenter was located in an unpopulated area in the Andes mountains near the Bolivian border, about 940 miles north of Santiago, the capital. Power supply and communications were interrupted in the port cities of Iquique, 1,120 miles, north of here, and Arica, in the border with Peru.
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