Whispering Giant:
The link you posted just took me to the main BBC news page, which doesn't seem to have a link to the article any more. Anyway, I dug a little deeper and found the article in "The Americas" section, so here's a link straight to that page:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3336255.stm
Doesn't really say a hell of a lot though beyond your straight report of the story!