Mexican machete attack: Argentine tourist killed in machete attack in Cordoba

Mexico City, May 16: A tourist from Argentina died Monday after being seriously injured in a machete attack in Mexico on May 12, officials said. Prosecutors in the Pacific state of Oaxaca said the tourist, who did not want to be named, died of his injuries at a hospital in Mexico City.

However, Tara Rugby Club in Córdoba, Argentina wrote on their social media accounts on Monday that one of their players, Benjamin Garmond, had died. New Mexico shooting: Three dead, many injured after gun violence in Farmington; suspect shot dead.

On May 12, three Argentines were attacked with a machete by a Mexican man in the small village of La Isla at the mouth of the Laguna de Chacahua River on the Pacific coast. Two other tourists were also injured in the attack, but their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. New Mexico shooting: Three dead, many injured after gun violence in Farmington; suspect shot dead.

Local residents overpowered the attacker and handed him over to police. The suspect has been taken into custody and now faces homicide charges, prosecutors said. There was no immediate information on a possible motive for the attack.

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