Mexico

Two tourists killed in separate attacks in Mexican hotspot

cde.news desk 17 May 2023, 06:45 · 1 min read

epa10622184 Municipal police and soldiers guard the area where journalist Gerardo Torres Renteria was murdered in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, 11 May 2023. Torres Renteria was shot to death, the Alianza de Medios organization reported. Confirmation of the link between the crime and his journalistic work is still pending. If confirmed, Torres Renteria would be the second journalist murdered due to his labor in Mexico so far in 2023. EPA-EFE/David Guzman

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Canadian tourist was killed in the Mexican state of Oaxaca this week, local authorities said, a day after another tourist was killed in an attack in the popular holiday region.

Oaxacan authorities said a male Canadian was killed in Puerto Escondido, a relaxed beach town popular with surfers, adding that they were investigating his death. They gave no indication of the motivation for the attack.

Argentine tourist Benjamin Gamond, who was attacked with a machete on May 12 in the nearby coastal area of Chacahua and died on Monday after being transported to a Mexico City hospital, prosecutors from the state said in a statement.

Prosecutors said Gamond’s attacker, accused of assaulting two other Argentine tourists who survived, is being held on suspicion of homicide.

A relative of Gamond who posted on social media suggested that he had died “a hero” during a struggle.

Oaxaca and its beaches have lower crime rates than most states in Mexico.

This year, two American citizens died after a group of four were kidnapped in northern Mexico.