Argentine rugby player Benjamín Gamond was killed in a machete attack in Mexico

• Argentine rugby player Benjamín Gamond killed in machete attack.
• A Mexican man attacked three Argentine tourists on May 12.
• The other two victims are recovering.

An Argentine tourist who was seriously injured during a machete attack that took place on May 12 died on Monday the 15th, local authorities reported. Members of the Oaxaca state prosecutor’s office, on the Pacific coast, indicated that he did not survive his injuries.

A Mexican man attacked a group of three Argentines with a machete on May 12 in the area of ​​La Isla at the mouth of Laguna de Chacahua. The other two tourists were also wounded during the incident, but their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, the AP reported.

Argentine tourist killed in Machete attack in Mexico

Local residents subdued the assailant and handed him over to the police. The prosecutor’s office indicated that the suspect is in custody and now faces murder charges. There was no information so far about the possible motive for the attack, reported The Associated Press.

The EFE agency reported that Benjamín Gamond, 23, one of the three Argentine tourists attacked last Friday in Lagunas de Chacahua, a community located on the coast of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, died on Monday, according to his family.

Argentine rugby player Benjamín Gamond killed in Mexico

“The Gamond family states with immense pain, the sad news that Benja did not make it. The miracle did not happen. The efforts were enormous as his strength and heart, but it was not enough. We ask that you understand the moment and respect the pain of the family. Thank you,” the brother of the deceased Facu Gamond posted on Instagram.

Fiscalía General del Estado de Oaxaca also confirmed the death. «It is appropriate to mention that one of the victims (BG) was transferred to Mexico City where he died this Monday afternoon as a result of the injuries inflicted, which is why the FGEO will request the reclassification of the crime before the judge, as qualified homicide instead of attempted homicide,» said the prosecutor’s office.

The tourists were injured in the head, hands and arms

According to EFE, the judge granted the preventive detention measure in addition to setting May 17, 2023 as the date for the hearing to begin the trial. The other two tourists, Macarena Elía González, 29, and Santiago Lastra, 22, are recovering.

The three friends were chatting with the attacker, who is not originally from Chacahua, when an argument began that ended with him taking out a machete. According to local media, people who were present tried to separate them but the man hit their heads, hands and arms.

The attacker is a young man of Guerrero origin

Another outlet reported that the mother of one of the tourists stated that they were attacked from behind. Residents transported the three injured tourists by boat to El Zapotalito, where Civil Protection personnel arrived and took them to medical centers in Puerto Escondido.

According to the municipal government of Villa de Tututepec (to which Lagunas de Chacahua belongs) and the community of Chacahua Isla, the attacker is a young man of Guerrero origin who came to the area in search of employment. The young Argentines had arrived two days before on vacation so they did not know many people in the small beach town.