[Web] Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird


	[Web] Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird

Laxon

6-26-2009 3:49 PM

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Laxon says:

What a fail way to get on world news. He should be happy for the publicity.

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