Las Lagunas de Chacahua is one of the most important tourist destinations in the Oaxaca coast region on Mexico’s Pacific Ocean coast. In that place, three Argentines were attacked with machetes and sustained serious injuries for which he had to be hospitalized
The causes of the brutal attack that took place this Friday in the community of Chacahua Isla, located on the edge of the beach coast, have not yet been clarified. According to an initial report by the Municipal Coordination of Civil Protection of the municipality of Tututepec, an unknown assailant attacked an Argentine citizen on the head. He did the same with another young man – injured in his hands – and his girlfriend, who ended up with cuts on her back.
Shocking photos of the victims circulated on social media. In one of them, the man is lying on the floor with deep head wounds. Another shows him being treated in an ambulance before being transferred to a hospital in Puerto Escondido.
Before the arrival of two ambulances with the doctors of the Municipal Civil Protection, the wounded were helped by locals who were taken aboard a boat to dry dock in the town of El Zapotalito, the local newspaper reported The Millennium.
The victims were identified as Macarena, 29; Benjamin, 23; and Santiago, 22. The young woman is from Necochea, the other two boys are from Córdoba.
“Santiago has cuts on his hands and a fracture. His girlfriend Macarena has deep cuts on her back and has already been treated with treatments. The one who is most seriously ill is his friend, Benjamín, who received three machete blows to the head. He is in a delicate, very serious condition,” said Fernando, the father of one of the boys, in statements reproduced by Washedzz
He also specified that young people they were on vacation in Mexico and were approached by a young man who without saying a word attacked them with a machete as they were having lunch at a beach restaurant.
On social networks, Marcos, Benjamin’s brother, asked for solidarity. “My brother is torn between life and death”, warned. He said the injured youth was traveling through Mexico, where he had been working for several months.
“I need you to help my brother and accompany our family in this difficult time we have to live. Please, if you can help them with anything, we will thank you,” he expressed in a video posted on an Instagram story. And she provided details of an account to partner with the money: alias facu.gamond – Santander Rio account number: 0720247888000040992790
As for the attacker, he was arrested at the site of the attack by the municipal police. He has been identified with Cruz Irving (21)originally from the municipality of Ometepec in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
Lagoons of Chacahua, a heavenly place
One of the most representative natural protected areas on the Oaxaca coast are the Chacahua lagoons, which include the bay and lagoon of Chacahua and the lagoons of Tianguisto and Pastoría. They were declared a National Park on July 9, 1937.
In February 2008 they were declared a Ramsar site as they were included in the list of wetlands of international importance. It is the habitat of three species of sea turtles: Laud, Carey and Golfina, which nest on the beaches of San Juan and Bahía de Chacahua.
It is protected by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources for being a turtle spawning ground, from August to March. The lagoons are connected by channels which, in turn, are surrounded by mangroves and estuaries.
It is a national park full of nature, color and life. Hundreds of tourists visit it, including Argentines, who choose it for their holidays. It can be reached via federal highway number 200, which runs from Pinotepa Nacional to Huatulco.
Source: Clarin
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