Bush twins causing mayhem in South America

You may remember we reported that Barbara Bush had been robbed in Argentina of her purse and cell phone, without Secret Service members even noticing. This on the same trip that saw one Secret Service member get brutally beaten down in the country.

Yesterday morning, ABC News reported that the U.S. embassy in the country had asked the twins to leave. A report denied by the embassy. However, ABC also reported that Barbara Bush left the country Sunday night following the request by officials to leave. Jenna Bush, however plans to stay until December 6. The twins are (were?) apparently there to celebrate their 25th birthdays.

Wonkette has a hilarious entry on the twins' adventure too. The comments are even better.

Bush twin robbed in Argentina!

Breaking: CNN is reporting that first daughter, Barbara Bush has been robbed in Argentina outside a fancy restaurant. Conflicting reports, one says secret service foiled the attack, another report says otherwise.

UPDATE: CNN now says that Bush twin, Barbara, had her purse AND cell phone snatched in Buenos Aires, Argentina even though she was being guarded by Secret Service members. Uhm...that's odd.

UPDATE #2: CNN (apologies for quoting the same source so much, but I can find virtually NOTHING about the incident elsewhere) can now confirm through channel 9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina that there was in fact an incident involving Barbara Bush (the daughter, not the Mother), but the White House is referring all questions to the Secret Service, and they're not giving many details.

UPDATE #3: The AFP, and ABC are now both reporting that Barbara was robbed of her purse, and cell phone. Secret Service spokeswoman Kim Bruce simply said "We don't have any comment on that." Apparently the theft went UNNOTICED by Secret Service personnel. This also wasn't the first problem the Secret Service has faced on the trip. According to the AFP article,

One of the agents got into an "altercation" after a night on the town and was beaten, the television news organization (ABC) said, citing police reports.