- Japanese police arrested 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal Kalvin Montoya Cardona in Okinawa on suspicion of drunk driving and an alleged hit-and-run.
- A breathalyzer test revealed Cardona's blood alcohol level was more than double the legal limit following a reported collision on Saturday.
- The offense occurred during a midnight-to-5 a.m. U.S. military curfew established after another Marine was recently charged with robbery and murder.
- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi urged the US military to take the curfew violation seriously.
- The arrest has reignited long-standing local frustration over the heavy American military presence on Okinawa.
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